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Developmental psychology is the study of how an individual’s cognitive, linguistic, emotional and social skills change and progress over the course of his or her lifetime. Areas of interest in this field include attachment theory, infant perception, and the development of a theory of mind.

We’ve spoken to experts from the field including Tanya Byron, Simon Baron-Cohen, Vivette Glover and Alison Gopnik, and asked them to recommend the best books on their specialist subjects.

    The best books on Essentialism, recommended by Susan Gelman

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    The Mismeasure of Man
    by Stephen Jay Gould

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    The Bad Seed
    by William March

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    How Pleasure Works
    by Paul Bloom

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    The Edge of Islam
    by Janet McIntosh

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    Mindset
    by Carol Dweck

The best books on Essentialism, recommended by Susan Gelman

Putting people and things into categories is something we all do. It’s a useful shortcut but reveals biases. And it plays a role in everything from ethnic violence to childhood development, as psychologist Susan Gelman explains.

    The best books on Life Before Birth – And Life After It, recommended by Vivette Glover

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    Love at Goon Park
    by Deborah Blum

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    The Social Baby
    by Lynne Murray, Liz Andrews

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    A Child Is Born
    by Lennart Nilson, Lars Hamberger

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    Life In The Womb
    by Peter Nathanielsz

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    The Fetal Matrix
    by Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson

The best books on Life Before Birth – And Life After It, recommended by Vivette Glover

The professor of perinatal psychobiology at Imperial College, London tells us how our understanding of foetal development and the importance of mother-child bonding has changed in recent decades

    The best books on Children and their Minds, recommended by Alison Gopnik

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    Imaginary Companions and the Children who Create Them
    by Marjorie Taylor

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    The People in the Playground
    by Iona Opie

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    The Child's Discovery of the Mind
    by Janet Astington

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    The Afterlife is Where We Come From
    by Alma Gottlieb

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    Mothers and Others
    by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

The best books on Children and their Minds, recommended by Alison Gopnik

Author and psychology professor, Alison Gopnik, tells us what’s going on in children’s minds – and that it’s a lot more than we may think

    The best books on Empathy, recommended by Simon Baron-Cohen

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    The Language Instinct
    by Steven Pinker

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    Brain Gender
    by Melissa Hines

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    Separation
    by John Bowlby

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    Animals in Translation
    by Temple Grandin

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    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
    by Mark Haddon

The best books on Empathy, recommended by Simon Baron-Cohen

Autism expert Simon Baron Cohen tells us about the links between empathy and language, and says our acts of cruelty to one another have at their root a failure to empathise.

    The best books on Child Psychology and Mental Health, recommended by Tanya Byron

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    Dibs in Search of Self
    by Virginia M Axline

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    The Unquiet Mind
    by Kay Redfield Jamison

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    Portraits of the Mind
    by Carl Schoonover

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    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
    by Oliver Sacks

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    No Fear
    by Tim Gill

The best books on Child Psychology and Mental Health, recommended by Tanya Byron

Clinical psychologist, author and broadcaster discusses the stigmas attached to mental health problems, and asks whether, as a society, we are really doing what’s best for our children

    The best books on Child Psychotherapy, recommended by Judith Edwards

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    Narrative of a Child Analysis
    by Melanie Klein

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    The Psychoanalytic Treatment of Children
    by Anna Freud

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    Playing and Reality
    by Donald Winnicott

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    Live Company
    by Anne Alvarez

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    A Question of Technique
    by Monica Lanyado and Anne Horne

The best books on Child Psychotherapy, recommended by Judith Edwards

The Consultant Psychotherapist at The Tavistock Clinic explains the history of Child Psychotherapy and walks us through the five books that have influenced her most

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