Book Description:
Developmental psychobiology is an interdisciplinary field, encompassing developmental psychology, biological psychology, neuroscience and many other areas of biology. The field covers all phases of organismic ontogeny, with particular emphasis on prenatal, perinatal and early childhood development.This new book presents the latest research from around the world in this growing field.

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Table of Contents:
Preface

The Time Window Construct in Early Memory Development pp.1-22
(Vivian C. Hsu, Carolyn Rovee-Collier, Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey)

^New Directions in Understanding Individuals with Autism: Integrating Research on Perception, Cognition, and Action Coupling within an Ecological Perspective pp.23-40
(Amy Lynch, Nancy Getchell, University of Delaware)

^ Enduring Changes in Reward Mechanisms after Developmental Exposure to Cocaine pp.41-56
(Kirstie H. Stansfield and Cheryl L. Kirstein, 1 Nuclear Medicine, Johns Hopkins University 2. Departments of Psychology; Cognitive and Neural Sciences, University of South Florida)

Can Voice Cues Facilitate Newborns' Recognition of Faces Shown in Different Poses? pp.57-78
(F. Z. Sai, Dept. of Psychology & Counseling, UAE Univ)

The Development of Object Recognition Through Infancy pp.79-116
(Peter Gerhardstein, Gina Shroff, Kelly Dickerson, Binghamton Univ., State Univ. of New York, Scott A. Adler, York Univ., Toronto, Canada)

Gender as a Determinant of Emotional Expressions in Spontaneous Infant-father Interactions: An Exploratory Study pp.117-150
(T. Kokkinaki, Univ. of Crete, Greece, V.G.S. Vasdekis, Athens Univ. of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece)

Nature vs. Nurture in Infant Sleep: A Longitudinal Italian Study in the First Two Months of Life pp.151-178
(Sabrina Bonichini, Dept. of Developmental and Social Psychology, Univ. of Padua, Italy)

Cycloheximide Exposure Systemically at Gestational Day 15 or Centrally into the Ventral Hippocampus at Postnatal Day 7 Disrupts Anxiety-related Behavior in the Open Field pp.179-198
(Robert W. Flint Jr., Christina L. Marino, Shelby Hickey, Leslie Sandusky, Jonathen E. Hill, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY)

Exploratory Behavior in Toddlers: Do Sleep Characteristics Play a Role? pp.199- 212
(Anat Scher, Hilla Hammerman, Eleanor Schneider, Univ. of Haifa, Israel)

Cortisol Circadian Rhythms and Response to Stress in Early Human Development- New Directions in Studies of Social-emotional Regulation pp.213-224
(Ishien Li, Hungkuang University, Taichung, Taiwan)

Women Exposed to Childhood Maltreatment: Impact on Parenting, Emotional Well-being, and HPA Functioning pp.225-242
(Lindsay Bennett, Geoffrey B.C. Hall, Harriet MacMillan, Louis A. Schmidt, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON)

Index

Imprint: Nova Behavioral Sciences Press