and Janowsky, the latter chapters being found in Part III. I hope that the
reader benefits from the perspectives in all of the chapters when looking
for information on attention development.

Preparation of the book began with a conference in May 1995. Nine of
the authors, and about 50 attendees, met on a beautiful spring weekend
at the University of South Carolina. The conference included formal pres-
entations and workshops in which the neural basis of attention develop-
ment was discussed. The chapters represent part of the formal presenta-
tions, which have been greatly expanded in scope. Some other chapters,
and summary and commentaries, were added to expand the book over a
broader range of developmental issues.

We have attempted to present an "integrated" approach across chapters
within sections, as well as across sections. Rather than a series of separate
chapters, many of the chapters specifically build on elements of the others.
Within each section there is reference to other chapters in the section;
authors refer to chapters in other sections as well. There are common
experimental designs intended to address similar questions, common theo-
retical issues, and common sets of research data that are discussed. The
summary and commentary chapters highlight some of the common issues
and themes.

The Internet aided greatly in the preparation of the book. Most of the
chapters were transmitted from author to editor by e-mail attachments. I
was able to use word processors to read multiple formats, print and deliver
copies in a similar printed format, and so forth. Many of the authors also
transmitted graphics via e-mail for the figures. I developed a World-Wide-
Web site that was accessible to each of the authors. As the chapters came
in they were put in "html" and zipped formats. Each author could access
what the others had written, develop integrated chapters based on that
access, and update their own work accordingly. Most of the authors visited
the Web site at least once, and many did several times. I believe that this
resulted in tighter chapter integration than would have been possible by
delivering 14 hard copy chapters among 25 authors. This also allowed me
to transmit everything to the publisher in a common format on electronic
media. The computer revolution has allowed such work. I highly recom-
mend its usage for such an edited book.

I would like to acknowledge support of this book from several sources.
The College of Liberal Arts at the University of South Carolina, directed
by Dean Lester Lefton, provided the funding for the conference that
provided the impetus for this work. Dr. Lefton's generous allocation of

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