Book Review: Visual Attention in Children: Theories and Activities

Abstract

occupations), the fact that the existing literature base reflects the reality of a tiny proportion of the global population, and the implications of all this for the science of occupation. Several chapters draw from critical social theory to foreground, for example, the failure of occupational science to engage with macrolevel issues, such as power, politics, and economics; others address research methodologies and knowledge paradigms. Complex theories and ideas are presented clearly throughout and with ample references to encourage further reading. The book not only offers critiques but also ideas and examples of how occupational science might be done differently. The cover blurb asserts that this is ''the must-have resource for occupational therapists, occupational scientists, students and researchers,'' and the book does not disappoint. My only complaint is that the book is slim and thus leaves many occupational science assumptions unchallenged.