Attention and Cognitive Development

by G. Hale and Gordon A. Hale G. Hale

"My experience is what I agree to attend to," wrote William James (1890) nearly a century ago in his Principles of Psychology. Although certainly not the first to recognize the importance of attention in man's experience--poets and philosophers throughout history have touched upon the concept in one way or another-James deserves credit for having accorded attention a central role in the systematic study of the mind. With the advancement of psychology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306402343
• ISBN13: 9780306402340
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 366 Pages