The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development remains the most authoritative and accessible account of all aspects of child development. Written by an international team of experts, its comprehensive coverage includes everything from prenatal development to adolescence, pediatrics, theories and research methods, physical development, social and emotional development, perceptual and cognitive development, language development, psychopathology, and parenting.

Table of Contents

• List of contributors
• Editorial preface
• Foreword Charles A. Nelson III
• Acknowledgments: external reviewers
• Introduction Study of child development: an interdisciplinary enterprise
• Part I Theories of development
• Constructivist theories - Paul Van Geert
• Ethological theories - Johan J. Bolhuis and Jerry A. Hogan
• Evolutionary developmental biology - George F. Michel
• Learning theories - Mikołaj Hernik and Rubeena Shamsudheen
• Dynamical systems approaches - Anne R. Schutte and Gregory J. DeGirolamo
• Part II Methods in child development research
• Biomechanics - Jody L. Jensen
• Cross-cultural comparisons - Amina Abubakar and Fons van de Vijver
• Cross-species comparisons - Brett T. Himmler
• Developmental testing - Glen P. Aylward
• Experimental methods - Jessie Ricketts
• Eye tracking - Tim J. Smith and Irati R. Saez De Urabain
• Fetal and neonatal magnetoencephalography - Jana Muenssinger and Hubert Preissl
• Fetal ultrasonography - Sarah Hamilton and Alexander Heazell
• Head-mounted eye tracking - John M. Franchak
• Interviewing children for research - Michael Lee Zwiers
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - Moriah E. Thomason
• Functional near-infrared spectroscopy - Sarah Lloyd-Fox
• Direct observational methods - Jill MacLaren Chorney and Ayala Gorodzinsky
• Parent and teacher rating scales - Annemarie H. Hindman
• Qualitative methods - Martin J. Packer
• Self-reports and peer ratings - Jonathan B. Santo and Ellyn Bass
• Epidemiological designs - Patricia R. Cohen
• Longitudinal and cross-sectional designs - Rory T. Devine
• Twin and related designs - Henry H. Yoon
• Bayesian data analysis - Mark Andrews and Thom Baguley
• Connectionist modeling - Gert Westermann and Padraic Monaghan
• Individual and group differences in developmental functions - Wolfgang Wiedermann and Alexander von Eye
• Indicators of accuracy for screening tests - Frances Page Glascoe
• Multilevel modeling - ROBERT Aye Imanol Davies
• Structural equation modeling - Kevin J. Grimm and John J. McArdle
• Time-series analysis - Timothy R. Brick and John J. Prindle
• Ethical considerations in studies with children - Trevor Spratt
• Part III Prenatal development and the newborn
• Prenatal motor development - Thomas W. Gould
• Prenatal development of the musculoskeletal system in the human - Jennifer Z. Paxton and Lyndsay M. Murray
• Prenatal sensory development - Eino Partanen and Paula Virtala
• Childbirth - Karen R. Rosenberg
• Status of the human newborn - Kim A. Bard and Emese Nagy
• Part IV Perceptual and cognitive development
• Attention - Jacob A. Burack, Lisa N. Jefferies, Jason Ringo, and Oriane Landry
• Audition - Lynne A. Werner
• Biological motion perception - Lara Bardi
• Cognitive development during infancy - Moritz M. Daum
• Cognitive development beyond infancy - Melissa L. Allen
• Executive functions - Mariëtte Huizinga, Dieter Baeyens, Carolijn Ouwehand, and Jacob A. Burack
• Face perception and recognition - Chiara Turati and Ermanno Quadrelli
• Imitation - Rebecca A. Williamson and Anna Gonsiorowski
• Intelligence - Leonidas A. A. Doumas
• Memory - Yana Fandakova and Simona Ghetti
• Multisensory development - Andrew J. Bremner
• Olfaction and gustation - Benoist Schaal and Karine Durand
• Perceptual-motor calibration and space perception - Veronica Ramenzoni
• Sleep and cognitive development - Joseph A. Buckhalt
• Vision - Marko Nardini
• Part V Language and communication development
• Language acquisition - Ben Ambridge
• Bilingualism - Gigi Luk
• Reading and writing - Nenagh Kemp
• Schooling and literacy - Kerry A. Hoffman
• Speech development - Lucie Ménard and Barbara L. Davis
• Part VI Social and emotional development
• Social development - Margarita Svetlova and Malinda Carpenter
• Emotional development - Heather A. Henderson, CATHERINE A. Burrows, and Lauren V. Usher
• Moral development - Marine Buon
• Aggressive and antisocial behaviour - Daniel Connor
• Attachment in early childhood - Elizabeth Meins
• Attachment in middle childhood - Kathryn A. Kerns and Mahsa Movahed Abtahi
• Early childhood education and care - Henrik Daae Zachrisson and Edward C. Melhuish
• Joint attention - Rechele Brooks
• Parenting and the family - Lee T. Gettler
• Play - Kerrie Lewis Graham
• Peers and siblings - Christina Salmivalli
• Selfhood - Michael Lewis
• Socialization - Alice P. Jones Bartoli
• Temperament - Kathryn A. Degnan
• Theory of mind - Hannes Rakoczy
• Part VII Motor and related development
• Perception and action - Gustaf Gredebäck and Claes von Hofsten
• Handedness - Hélène Cochet
• Handwriting - Emma Sumner and Anna L. Barnett
• Locomotion - David I. Anderson, Joseph J. Campos, and Marianne Barbu-Roth
• Prehension - Jenni M. Karl
• Sucking and chewing - Brian Hopkins
• Throwing - Mark A. Mon-Williams
• Part VIII Postnatal brain development
• Brain and behavioral development - Lara M. Wierenga, Bob Oranje, and Sarah Durston
• Cognitive neuroscience - Przemyslaw Tomalski
• Educational neuroscience - Denis Mareschal and Annie Brookman-Byrne
• Social neuroscience - Jennifer H. Pfeifer
• Part IX Developmental pathology
• Resilience and vulnerability - Birit F.P. Broekman
• Classification of developmental disorders and diseases - Clare S. Allely
• Behavioral and learning disorders - Clare S. Allely
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - Patrick de Zeeuw and Sarah Durston
• Autism - Emily J.H. Jones
• Cerebral palsies - Karen Walker, Petra Karlsson, Iona Novak, and Nadia Badawi
• Child and adolescent depression - Carla Sharp and William Mellick
• Childhood epilepsy - J. Helen Cross
• Developmental coordination disorder - Kate Wilmut
• Down's syndrome - David S. Stein and Nicole T. Baumer
• Dyscalculia - Chung Yen Looi and Roi Cohen Kadosh
• Dyslexia - Lorna G. Hamilton
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders - Janni Niclasen
• Fragile X syndrome - Anne Gallagher and Brian Hallahan
• Hearing disorders - Lorna F. Halliday and Hannah Cooper
• Prader–Willi syndrome - Joyce Whittington and Tony Holland
• Prematurity and low birthweight - Samantha Johnson and Dieter Wolke
• Prolonged infant crying and colic - Carolina de Weerth and Ian St James-Roberts
• Sudden infant death syndrome - James J. McKenna
• Visual impairments - Andrea Urqueta Alfaro
• Williams syndrome - Daniela Plesa Skwerer
• Part X Crossing the borders
• Anthropology - Jason A. DeCaro
• Behavioral embryology - Scott R. Robinson and Valerie Mendez-Gallardo
• Behavioral genetics - Reut Avinun and Ariel Knafo-Noam
• Biopsychology of sex differences - Adriene M. Beltz
• Connectomics - Gareth Ball and Serena J. Counsell
• Developmental genetics - Albert J. Erives
• Exercise science - Jean Côté and Michael Blair Evans
• Linguistics - Silke Brandt
• Nutritional sciences - Carol L. Cheatham and Kelly W. Sheppard
• Pediatrics - Anita Montagna, A. David Edwards, and Chiara Nosarti
• Primatology - Dario Maestripieri
• Sociology - Jeylan T. Mortimer and Naomi N. Duke
• Part XI Speculations about future directions
• Development of consciousness - Colwyn Trevarthen and Jonathan Delafield-Butt
• Evidence of evolution in human development - Barry Bogin
• Systems neuroscience - Vinod Menon
• Future of development is degenerate, pluripotential, and multi-scaled - Adam Sheya and Linda B. Smith
• Young people, war, and interrogating ‘resilience’: a personal journey - Claudia Seymour
• Whither developmental intervention? - M. Rosario Rueda
• Poverty and child development - Hollie Hix-Small
• Power and politics in child development research - Erica Burman
• Appendices
• Appendix 1 Developmental interdisciplinary research: four topics for consideration
• Appendix 2 Question, issues, and recommendations for future research