This article considers how experience can influence the developing and mature brain and
proposes a new categorization scheme based upon the type of information stored and the …

One cardinal principle in developmental psychol-ogy is that early experience has a profound
effect upon human development. Infants, once viewed as passive recipients of stimulation …

The goal of this chapter is to present a view of the ways in which experience interacts with
intrinsic forces in development to yield a functionally competent brain. The broad issue …

The concept of sensitive or critical periods in the context of memory development is
examined in this paper. I begin by providing examples of the role of experience in …

Once sensory stimuli become able to alter firing patterns in the developing brain, they can
influence the maturation of neuronal circuits. Recent experimental studies add to our …

Publisher Summary In the last half of the nineteenth century, scientists in fields ranging from
histology to psychiatry were proposing that memory and development are intimately linked …

Discusses the analysis of the contribution of normal experience occurring in early stages
(including embryogeny) to the development of species-typical behavior. It is now evident that …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses that development, adulthood, and aging
represent a continuum, with many processes continuing throughout life, particularly those …

Experience exerts a profound influence on the brain and, therefore, on behavior. When the
effect of experience on the brain is particularly strong during a limited period in …

Our selective review of perceptual development has attempted to highlight three different
structural levels: sensory primitives, perceptual representations, and higher-order …