The theoretical and practical understanding of cognitive development depends on working
memory, the limited information temporarily accessible for such daily activities as language …

Mental representations remain the central posits of psychology after many decades of
scrutiny. However, there is no consensus about the representational format (s) of biological …

Since its first edition, An Introduction to Theories of Learning has provided a uniquely
sweeping review of the major learning theories from the 20th century that profoundly …

Human Memory, 4th edition, provides a comprehensive overview of research and theory on
human memory. Written in an engaging style, the book is divided into three sections …

Research on the developmental origins of visual working memory in infants has largely
progressed along two separate branches. One branch is rooted in the classic work on adult …

Looking times (LTs) are frequently measured in empirical research on infant cognition. We
analyzed the statistical distribution of LTs across participants to develop recommendations …

To what extent does language shape how we think about the world? Studies suggest that
linguistic symbols expressing conceptual categories ('apple','squirrel') make us focus on …

How do infants reason about simple physical events such as containment, tube, and support
events? According to the two-system model, two cognitive systems, the object-file (OF) and …

Traditionally, research on early physical reasoning has focused on the simple types of
physical events our distant human ancestors routinely observed and produced as they …

Children take their first steps, speak their first words, and learn to solve many new problems
seemingly overnight. Yet, each change reflects previous developments in the child across a …