Studying the Perception-Action System as a Model System for Understanding Development

Provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the perception-action system that also speaks to larger issues in the field of developmental science

Jodie M. Plumert (Volume editor)

9780128147634

Hardback, published 20 July 2018

288 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.66 kg

Approx.272 pages

1. How Perception and Action Fosters Exploration and Selection in Infant Skill Acquisition Daniela Corbetta, Abigail DiMercurio, Rebecca F. Wiener, John P. Connell and Matthew Clark 2. The Development of Object Fitting: The Dynamics of Spatial Coordination  Jeffrey J. Lockman, Nicholas E. Fears and Wendy P. Jung 3. The Development of Sensorimotor Intelligence in Infants Claes von Hofsten and Kerstin Rosander 4. Are Different Actions Mediated by Distinct Systems of Knowledge in Infancy? Peter M. Vishton  5. Action Errors: A Window into the Early Development of Perception-Action System  Matthew J. Jiang and Karl S. Rosengren 6. Timing Is Almost Everything: How Children Perceive and Act on Dynamic Affordances Jodie M.Plumert and Joseph K. Kearney 7. Physical Growth, Body Scale, and Perceptual-Motor Development Karl M. Newell and Michael G. Wade 8. A Perception-Action Approach  to Understanding Typical and Atypical Motor Development Jill Whitall and Jane E.Clark

Subject Areas: Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Psychology [JM]