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Overview
With a sharp intellect and engaging writing style, Field explains the most recent studies on infants, exploring cutting-edge research related to a range of intriguing topics from prenatal problems to motor skills and personality development. Enlightening and intelligent, featuring a breadth of accessible information, The Amazing Infant is essential reading for students, parents, and professionals alike.
About the Author:
Tiffany Field, PhD is director of the Touch Research Institute and a professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Psychology, and Psychiatry at the University of Miami School of Medicine
Editorial Reviews
From the Publisher
“The Amazing Infant is a fabulous book. Beautifully crafted, written by one of the most creative figures in the field of infancy, this book will charm both college students and parents wanting to learn about the wonders of the baby’s mind. Who needs dinosaurs or astronomical Big Bangs when we have babies to explore? The infant is the keeper of many, many mysteries, and this book engages us in exploring quite a few of them.”
Joseph J. Campos, University of California, Berkeley
“Tiffany Field is without question our leading researcher and writer on the role of touch in infant development and behavior. The Amazing Infant is an excellent primer on infant behavior and development, utilizing her personal experiences with her own daughter’s development. An exceptional aid for new parents as well as students.”
Lewis P. Lipsitt, Brown University
“This book is a very good read. The writing style is engaging and easy to follow. It is also truly unique in the field of infant development … a field in which far too little attention has been paid to the obvious fact that infants’ development involves learning and that specific patterns of maternal behavior are essential for successful child behavioral outcomes.”
Martha Pelaez, Florida International University
“A prolific writer…Field provides thumbnail sketches of what is known to this point on a variety of topics, with emphasis on recent research findings.”
Choice
“An enjoyable read.”
Times
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Meet the Author
Tiffany Field is director of the Touch Research Institute and a professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Psychology, and Psychiatry at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Her publications include Infancy (1990) and Touch (2001).
Table of Contents
Foreword Michael Lewis vi
Preface vii
Acknowledgments viii
How Infancy Research is Conducted 1
Being a Fetus (Prenatal Growth and Development) 17
Coming into the World (The Perinatal Period) 41
Being in Tune with the World (The Early Senses) 71
Body Talk with Parents and Others (Social Development) 97
Being Emotional and Temperamental (Emotional and Personality Development) 119
Moving Around in the World/Moving the World (Motor and Cognitive Development) 137
Finally Using Words (Language Development) 163
Taking Turns with Peers (More Social Development) 177
My Diary on Tory's First Year 199
Glossary on Infant Development and Caregiving 225
Bibliography 273
Index 317