Developmental Cascades Building the Infant Mind
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Lisa M. Oakes received her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin in 1991 under the direction of Professor Leslie B. Cohen. Oakes joined the faculty of the Department of Psychology at the University of Iowa in 1991. In 2006, Oakes moved her lab and her family to begin her present position as Professor of Psychology and Faculty Researcher at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis. Here she continues her work examining many aspects of infant cognition, including attention, visual short-term memory, and visual perception. Oakes has published three books and many research articles. Her work is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. David H. Rakison received his D.Phil. at the University of Sussex, England in 1997 under the direction of Professor George Butterworth. Rakison joined the faculty of the Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University in 2000 where he has engaged in research on various aspects of infant perception and cognition, including causal perception and causal reasoning, the development of concepts for animacy, fear learning, and the relationship between motor skills and cognitive development. Rakison has published two books and one SRCD monograph in addition to many empirical research articles. His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.The freshest approach to child development since Piaget's monumental works nearly a century ago.
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This book on developmental cascades concerns a timely topic of great importance to the field of cognitive development. The ideas in this book will enlighten those who are new to the idea of developmental cascades and will be valuable to those who are incorporating these ideas into their research program.
Amy Needham, Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University
Beautifully written examination of development and how experiencesboth enhance and constrain trajectories and outcomes resulting in 'cascading' impacts. This book is a must read for those interestedin understanding the delicate and complexprocess of development.
Lisa S. Scott, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Florida
The whole child is finally coming into focus. In this volume, Oakes and Rakison lay out the deep and thoroughgoing application of cascades in human development. These authors make the bold and supported claim that a cascade framework has heuristic value in understanding developmental change across the lifespan. Moreover, they fill the pages of this volume with rich descriptions of compelling supportive experiments. When the next generation of researchers has read and embraced their message, they will work more diligently to overcome the main impediments to application of cascade analyses-causality, temporality, and implementation-to the enormous benefit of our developmental science.
Marc H. Bornstein, Editor, Parenting: Science and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies
In a field typically filled with 'just-so' stories that side-step developmental process, this book offers a clear and compelling path for readers interested in how development happens, not just when. In short, Developmental Cascades is a manifesto for a systems approach to development.
Karen E. Adolph, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York University