The Development of Mental Processing: Efficiency, Working Memory, and Thinking

Constantinos Christou (Editor), George Spanoudis (Editor), Andreas Demetriou (Editor), Maria Platsidou (Editor)

ISBN: 978-1-4051-0874-4

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184 pages

September 2002, Wiley-Blackwell

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Abstract.

1. Introduction.

2. The Study Methods.

3. Results: The Architecture of the Mind.

4. Results: The Development of Processing Efficiency.

5. Results: Specifying Patterns of Change by Growth Modeling.

6. Results: Specifying Patterns of Change by Logistic Equations.

7. Toward an Overarching Theory.

Appendixes.

References.

Acknowledgments.

Commentary: A New Kind of Developmental Science: Using Models to Integrate Theory and Research: Kurt W. Fischer and Theo L. Dawson.

Contributors.

Statement of Editorial Policy.

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