Time and Human Cognition

I. Levin

ISBN 10: 0444873791 / ISBN 13: 9780444873798

Published by Elsevier Science and Technology, US, 1989

About this Item

Each chapter in this book is written by, and devoted to the original work of a leading researcher in his or her own field. The book presents an integrative approach to the psychological study of time in an attempt to bring to light similarities between bodies of research which have been developed independently within different theoretical frameworks - from Piaget's structuralist-organismic model, to information processing approaches. The chapters are organized in a life-span perspective, with different chapters focusing on different age-levels. It includes analyses of time perception in infancy, temporal systems in the developing language, time conception, time measurement and time reading in middle childhood and adolescence, as well as various models of time perception in the adult, both normal and abnormal.A rich concept such as time sheds light on a wide variety of major topics in psychology; the book will be of value to cognitive, developmental and educational psychologists, as well as to psycholinguists.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Time and Human Cognition
• Publisher: Elsevier Science and Technology, US
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444873791
• ISBN 13: 9780444873798
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 900 grams

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Synopsis

Each chapter in this book is written by, and devoted to the original work of a leading researcher in his or her own field. The book presents an integrative approach to the psychological study of time in an attempt to bring to light similarities between bodies of research which have been developed independently within different theoretical frameworks - from Piaget's structuralist-organismic model, to information processing approaches.

The chapters are organized in a life-span perspective, with different chapters focusing on different age-levels. It includes analyses of time perception in infancy, temporal systems in the developing language, time conception, time measurement and time reading in middle childhood and adolescence, as well as various models of time perception in the adult, both normal and abnormal.

A rich concept such as time sheds light on a wide variety of major topics in psychology; the book will be of value to cognitive, developmental and educational psychologists, as well as to psycholinguists.

Review

...a clear and timely statement of the current understanding of the extent to which we master time and the processes by which we develop such competence. It will be of interest to anyone who cares about cognitive development.
Contemporary Psychology