From Action to Cognition: Volume 164

by Claes Von Hofsten

Extensive neurophysiological and neuropsychological evidence show that perception, action, and cognition are closely related in the brain and develop in parallel to one another. Thus, perception, cognition, and social functioning are all anchored in the actions of the child. Actions reflect the motives, the problems to be solved, and the constraints and possibilities of the child's body and sensory-motor system. The developing brain accumulates experiences,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444530169
• ISBN13: 9780444530165
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 3.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.9" x 10.5"