Stephanie Lynne Thornton

The Secret History: A Novel of Empress Theodora

Where Theodora went, trouble followed. In sixth-century Constantinople, one woman, Theodora, defied every convention and all the odds and rose from common theater tart to empress of a great kingdom, the most powerful woman the Roman Empire would ever know.The woman whose image was later immortaliz...

Growing Minds: An Introduction to Children's Cognitive Development

How does the mind develop, from ovum to adolescence? This book provides a thorough review, from classic studies to the radical new insights of recent research. The text presents complex ideas through familiar analogies and concrete illustrations and conveys the excitement of research in this dynamic...

Children Solving Problems (Developing Child)

Problem-solving skills evolve through experience and dynamic interaction with a problem. But equally important--as the Russian psychologist L. S. Vygotsky proposed--is social interaction. Successful problem-solving is a social process. Sharing problem-solving tasks--with skilled adults and with oth...

Mobilising recall as a basis for inference: Evidence for a learned skill (Cognitive science research paper)