01401nam a2200277Ia 4500 TVU_12362 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d 9780199207053 eng 155.413 M302 Siegal, Michael Marvelous minds : the discovery of what children know Michael Siegal Oxford ; New York Oxford University Press 2008 253 p. ill. 23 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-245) and index Children have a spontaneous interest in the world around them - whether the workings of the earth, sun, and stars, the nature of number, time and space, or the functioning of the body. Yet what is there in children's minds that is the key to their knowledge? This book examines what children can and do know, based on extensive studies from a range of different cultures. Topics include 'theory of mind' - the knowledge that others may have beliefs that differ from one's own and from reality, astronomy and geography, food, health and hygiene, processes of life and death, number and arithmetic, as well as autism and brain research on language and attention Cognition in children Michael Siegal Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh