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The foundations of mind origins of conceptual thought

Title
The foundations of mind [electronic resource] : origins of conceptual thought / Jean Matter Mandler.
Author
Mandler, Jean Matter.
Publication
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 359 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Oxford series in cognitive development
Uniform Title
  • Foundations of mind (Online)
  • Oxford series in cognitive development.
Alternative Title
Foundations of mind (Online)
Subject
  • Cognition in infants
  • Developmental psychology
Note
  • Originally published: 2004.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-341) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
How to build a baby : prologue -- Piaget's sensorimotor infant -- Kinds of representation : seeing and thinking -- Perceptual meaning analysis and image-schemas : the infant as interpreter -- Some image-schemas and their functions -- Some differences between percepts and concepts : the case of the basic level -- Some preverbal concepts -- Conceptual categories as induction machines -- Continuity in the conceptual system : acquisition, breakdown, and reorganization -- Recall of the past -- Language acquisition -- Consciousness and conclusions.
LCCN
2011294610
OCLC
ssj0000086943
Author
Mandler, Jean Matter.
Title
The foundations of mind [electronic resource] : origins of conceptual thought / Jean Matter Mandler.
Imprint
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series
Oxford series in cognitive development
Oxford series in cognitive development.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-341) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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