From action to cognition / edited by C. von Hofsten, K. Rosander.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hofsten, Claes von.

Rosander, K.

Series:

Progress in brain research ; v. 164.

Progress in brain research, 0079-6123 ; v. 164

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Growth.

Brain.

Cognitive neuroscience.

Motivation (Psychology).

Cognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (467 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Extensive neurophysiological and neuropsychological evidence show that perception, action, and cognition are closely related in the brain and develop in parallel to one another. Thus, perception, cognition, and social functioning are all anchored in the actions of the child. Actions reflect the motives, the problems to be solved, and the constraints and possibilities of the child's body and sensory-motor system. The developing brain accumulates experiences, which it translates into knowledge used in planning future actions. Such knowledge is available because events are governed by rules and r

Contents:

Front cover; From Action to Cognition; Copyright page; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgment; Contents; Section I: The Structuring of the Brain; Chapter 1. Unaltered development of the archi- and neocortex in prematurely born infants: genetic control dominates in proliferation, differentiation and maturation of cortical neurons; Cytoarchitectonics and cell proliferation in the hippocampal formation; Development and maturation of hippocampal and neocortical local circuit neurons and hippocampal granule cells; Persisting Cajal-Retzius cells in the preterm neo- and archicortex

ConclusionAbbreviations; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 2. Subcortical regulation of cortical development: some effects of early, selective deprivations; Deprivation in development causes structural changes in the cerebral cortex; Abnormal functional responses after early deprivation; Some problems: structural-structural, functional-functional and structural-functional correlations - species differences; enrichment vs. deprivation; permissive vs. constructive (instructive or selective) role of experience; Neuroethical issues; References

Chapter 3. The mirror-neurons system: data and modelsIntroduction; Premotor mirror neurons: functional properties of monkey area F5; The mirror-neuron system and action recognition: prospective or reactive mechanisms?; Broca's area is the core center of the human mirror-neurons system; A model of area F5 and of the mirror-neurons system; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. Apraxia: a review; Introduction; Types of apraxia; Models of apraxia; Contributions of the left- and right-brain hemispheres; Intra-hemispheric lesion location: a distributed representation of praxis?

Praxis and language?The analysis of apraxic errors; Discussion; Acknowledgments; References; Section II: The Early Development of Perception and Action; Chapter 5. Effects of early visual deprivation on perceptual and cognitive development; Children treated for congenital cataract; Visual acuity; Face processing; Summary and developmental implications; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6. Visual tracking and its relationship to cortical development; Introduction; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7. Visual and visuocognitive development in children born very prematurely

IntroductionStudy 1: onset of function in the visual cortex in very premature infants; Study 2: development of orientation and motion responses in infants born preterm; Study 3: development of the visual brain between 1 and 6 years in very premature children; Study 4: development of a cohort of premature infants at 6-7 years; General discussion; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Appendix A. test procedures; Appendix B. MRI categories; References; Chapter 8. Development of brain mechanisms for visual global processing and object segmentation; Introduction

Segmentation by pattern and motion contrast

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786611059866

9781281059864

1281059862

9780080553436

0080553435

OCLC:

476113276