| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-272) and index. |
| Contents |
Possible worlds : why do children pretend? -- Imaginary companions : how does fiction tell the truth? -- Escaping Plato's cave : how children, scientists, and computers discover the truth -- What is it like to be a baby? : consciousness and attention -- Who am I? : memory, self, and the babbling stream -- Heraclitus' River and the Romanian orphans : how does our early life shape our later life? -- Learning to love : attachment and identity -- Love and law : the origins of morality -- Babies and the meaning of life. |
| Subject |
Cognition in children.
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Human information processing in children.
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Perception in children.
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| ISBN |
9780374231965 hardcover alkaline paper $25.00 |
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0374231966 hardcover alkaline paper |
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