Critical thinking about critical periods /
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| Imprint: | Baltimore : Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., c2001. |
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| Description: | xiv, 299 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | A series from the National Center for Early Development & Learning National Center for Early Development & Learning (Series) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4558029 |
Table of Contents:
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
- Preface
- I. Critical Periods: An Overview of Behavior and Biology
- 1. A Critical and Sensitive Period Primer
- 2. Developmental Neurobiology Overview: Synapses, Circuits, and Plasticity
- II. Critical Periods in Basic Sensory Systems
- 3. Critical Periods in the Development of the Visual System
- 4. Critical Periods for Development of Visual Acuity, Depth Perception, and Eye Tracking
- III. Critical Periods in Social and Emotional Development
- 5. Sensitive Periods in Attachment?
- 6. Animal Models of Critical and Sensitive Periods in Social and Emotional Development
- 7. Social and Emotional Development in Children Adopted from Institutions
- IV. Critical Periods in Language Learning and Acquisition
- 8. Language Processing: How Experience Affects Brain Organization
- 9. Sensitive Periods in First Language Acquisition
- 10. A Critical Period for Second Language Acquisition?
- V. Early Intervention and the Relevance of Critical Periods
- 11. The Subtle Science of How Experience Affects the Brain
- 12. Critical Periods and Early Invervention
- 13. The Concept of Critical Periods and Their Implications for Early Childhood Services
- 14. Critical Periods: Reflections and Future Directions
- Index