List of Contributors                       viii
Preface to First Edition                           x
Preface to Second Edition                          xii
Acknowledgements                                   xiii
Part I Perspectives on Development                 1   (50)
    Editors' Introduction to Part I                3   (5)
  Critique of the Modern Ethologists' Attitude     8   (10)
        Konrad Lorenz
  The Problem of Change                            18  (11)
        Susan Oyama
  The Epigenetic System and the Development of     29  (7)
  Cognitive
        Jean Piaget
  From Gene to Organism: The Developing            36  (15)
  Individual as an Emergent, Interactional,
  Hierarchical System
        Gilbert Gottlieb
Part II Brain Maturation                           51  (78)
    Editors' Introduction to Part II               53  (4)
  General Principles of CNS Development            57  (26)
        Richard S. Nomakomski
        Nancy L. Hayes
  Intrinsic and Extrinsic Determinants of          83  (18)
  Neocortical Parcellation: A Radial Unit Model
        Pasko Rakic
  Positron Emission Tomography Study of Human      101 (16)
  Brain Functional Development
        Harry T. Chugani
        Michael E. Phelps
        John C. Mazziotta
  Morphometric Study of Human Cerebral Cortex      117 (12)
  Development
        Peter R. Huttenlocher
Part III Brain Maturation and Cognition            129 (50)
    Editors' Introduction to Part III              131 (3)
  The Development of Visual Attention: A           134 (17)
  Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective
        Mark H. Johnson
  The Ontogeny of Human Memory: A Cognitive        151 (28)
  Neuroscience Perspective
        Charles A. Nelson
Part IV Brain Plasticity                           179 (66)
    Editors' Introduction to Part IV               181 (5)
  Experience and Brain Development                 186 (31)
        William T. Greenough
        James E. Black
        Christopher S. Wallace
  Do Cortical Areas Emerge from a Protocortex?     217 (14)
        Dennis D. M. O'Leary
  Emergence of Order in Visual System              231 (14)
  Development
        Carla F. Shatz
Part V Brain Plasticity and Cognition              245 (86)
    Editors' Introduction to Part V                247 (4)
  Specificity and Plasticity in Neurocognitive     251 (21)
  Development in Humans
        Helen F. Neville
        Daphne Bavelier
  Linguistic and Spatial Cognitive Development     272 (20)
  in Children with Pre- and Perinatal Focal
  Brain Injury: A Ten-Year Overview from the
  San Diego Longitudinal Project
        Joan Stiles
        Elizabeth A. Bates
        Donna Thal
        Doris A. Trauner
        Judy Reilly
  Cortical Plasticity Underlying Perceptual,       292 (13)
  Motor, and Cognitive Skill Development:
  Implications for Neurorehabilitation
        Michael M. Merzenich
        Beverly A. Wright
        William Jenkins
        Christian Xerri
        Nancy Byl
        Steve Miller
        Paula Tallal
  The Instinct to Learn                            305 (26)
        Peter Marler
Part VI Self-organization and Development          331 (84)
    Editors' Introduction to Part VI               333 (3)
  Self-organization in Developmental Processes:    336 (39)
  Can Systems Approaches Work?
        Esther Thelen
  Development Itself is the Key to                 375 (17)
  Understanding Developmental Disorders
        Annette Karmiloff-Smith
  Object Recognition and Sensitive Periods: A      392 (23)
  Computational Analysis of Visual Imprinting
        Randall C. O'Reilly
        Mark H. Johnson
Part VII New Directions                            415 (94)
    Editors' Introduction to Part VII              417 (3)
  Connectionism and the Study of Change            420 (21)
        Elizabeth A. Bates
        Jeffrey L. Elman
  A Model System for Studying the Role of          441 (53)
  Dopamine in Prefrontal Cortex During Early
  Development in Humans
        Adele Diamond
  Genes and Brain: Individual Differences and      494 (15)
  Human Universals
        Bruce F. Pennington
Name Index                                         509 (15)
Subject Index                                      524