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Displays a fascinating article about the early development of the brain titled "Fertile Minds." (
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/archives/advanced
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The website of The MacArthur Foundation research project on early experience and brain development. Describes the different disciplines involved (developmental psychology, developmental neurobiology, and developmental/behavioral pediatrics), and the major areas of study in this project. (
http://www.macbrain.org/
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Links to information about various aspects of malnutrition in infants and children around the world. (
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/07945.html
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Explores developmental milestones in infancy and childhood. Provides checklists for gross motor development, fine motor development, and other areas of development. (
http://www.growingchild.com/milestones.html
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Tells what to expect in the infant's physical development at 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, 12-18 months, and 18-24 months. (
http://www.cdipage.com/physical_development.shtml
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An excellent website that describes perceptual development during prenatal development, at birth, and in the first two years of life. (
http://www.hon.ch/Dossier/MotherChild/postnatal/senses_percept.html
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Richard Aslin describes his research interests in perceptual development and lists representative publications ranging from infants' perception of motion to the perception of object unity. (
http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/bcs/people/faculty/r_aslin/r_aslin.html
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The Society publishes the excellent research journal, Infant Behavior and Development. Get information about the journal at this website, and links to related journals. (
http://www.isisweb.org
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A leading perceptual development researcher describes her research interests and lists representative publications. (
http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~lds/index.html?spelkelab.html
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