This definitive volume is the result of collaboration by topscholars in the field of children's cognition.* New edition offers an up-to-date overview of all the majorareas of importance in the field, and includes new data fromcognitive neuroscience and new chapters on social cognitivedevelopment and language* Provides state-of-the-art summaries of current research byinternational specialists in different areas of cognitivedevelopment* Spans aspects of cognitive development from infancy to theonset of adolescence* Includes chapters on symbolic reasoning, pretend play, spatialdevelopment, abnormal cognitive development and current theoreticalperspectives