List of Contributors. Preface.Part 1: Perceptual Development Introduction Alan Slater 1. Development of Basic Visual Functions Janette Atkinson and Oliver Braddick 2. Visual Memory and Perception in Early Infancy Alan Slater 3. Events and Encounters in Infant Perception George Butterworth 4. The Perceptual World of the New-born Child Tom Bower Part 2: Cognitive Development Introduction Gavin Bremner 5. Object Permanence in Infancy Paul Harris 6.

Development of Spatial Awareness in Infancy Gavin Bremner 7. Development of Problem-solving in Infancy Peter Willatts Part 3: Social Interaction, Early Language, and Emotion Introduction Gavin Bremner and Alan Slater 8. Early Social Development Rudolph Schaffer 9. Early Language Development Martyn Barrett 10. The Social Structuring of Infant Cognition Andrew Lock, Valerie Service, Alfredo Brito and Penelope Chandler 11. Linking Emotion and Thinking in Infant Development: A Psychoanalytic Perspective Cathy Urwin . Author Index. Subject Index.