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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The Epigenesis of mind : essays on biology and cognition / edited by Susan Carey and Rochel Gelman.

p. cm. — (The Jean Piaget Symposium series)

Chiefly papers presented at the symposium, Biology and knowledge: structural constraints on development, held in 1988, sponsored by the Jean Piaget Society.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Cognition—Congresses. 2. Learning, Psychology of—Congresses. 3. Cognition—Physiological aspects—Congresses. 4. Learning, Psychology of—Physiological aspects—Congresses. 5. Knowledge, Theory of—Congresses. 6. Psychobiology—Congresses. I. Carey, Susan. II. Gelman, Rochel. III. Jean Piaget Society. IV. Series.

BF311.E585    1991

153—dc20

90-49812

CIP

ISBN 13: 978-0-805-80438-6 (hbk)

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