List of principal contributors
Foreword
Preface
1. Human ontogeny: a longitudinal perspective D. Magnusson
2. Genes, experience and development S. Scarr
3. The human brain and longitudinal research in human development P. Casaer
4. Longitudinal research and a biology of human brain development and behaviour V. S. Caviness, P. A. Filipek and D. N. Kennedy
5. Cognitive, social and emotional development F. E. Weinert and W. Schneider
6. Developmental psychopathology: some historical and current perspectives N. Garmezy
7. Developmental psychopathogy as a research perspective M. Rutter
8. Longitudinal research on human aging: the power of combining real-time, microgenetic and simulation approaches A. Kruse, U. Lindenberger and P. B. Baltes
9. Development, aging and control: empirical and theoretical issues J. Brandtstädter
10. Some methodological issues in longitudinal research: looking ahead L. R. Bergman
Index.