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| Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Toward a unified theory of development. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 (OCoLC)653377746 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John P Spencer; Michael S C Thomas; James L McClelland |
| ISBN: | 9780195300598 0195300599 |
| OCLC Number: | 243601882 |
| Description: | xix, 389 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction / John P. Spencer, Michael S.C. Thomas, and James L. McClelland -- Introduction to the approaches connectionist models of development : mechanistic dynamical models with emergent dynamical properties / James L. McClelland and Gautam Vallabha -- Development as change of system dynamics : stability, instability, and emergence / Gregor Schöner -- Dynamical systems theory : case studies brain, body, and mind : lessons from infant motor development / Daniela Corbetta -- Dynamic systems, sensory-motor processes, and the origins of stability and flexibility / Linda B. Smith -- Dynamic field theory and embodied cognitive dynamics / John P. Spencer, Sammy Perone, and Jeff Johnson -- Time scales in connectionist and dynamical systems approaches to learning and development / Karl M. Newell, Yeou-Teh Liu, and Gottfried Mayer-Kress -- Connectionism : case studies -- Connectionist approaches to perseveration : understanding universal and task-specific aspects of children's behavior / J. Bruce Morton and Yuko Munakata -- Dynamical insight into structure in connectionist models / Whitney Tabor -- The robot as a new frontier for connectionism and dynamic systems theory / Matthew Schlesinger -- Hybrid models : case studies -- Combining connectionist and dynamic systems principles in models of development : the case of analogical completion / Denis Mareschal, Robert Leech, and Richard P. Cooper -- Integrating connectionist learning and dynamical systems processing : case studies in speech and lexical development / Bob McMurray, Jessica S. Horst, Joseph C. Toscano, and Larissa K. Samuelson -- Reactions from the outside soft-assembled mechanisms for the grand theory / Heidi Kloos and Guy C. Van Orden -- Are dynamic systems and connectionist approaches an alternative to good old fashioned cognitive development? / Lisa M. Oakes, Nora S. Newcombe, and Jodie M. Plumert -- A developmental systems theory perspective on psychological change / Timothy D. Johnston and Robert Lickliter -- Reactions from the inside -- Transitions in cognitive development : prospects and limitations of a neural dynamic approach / Han L.J. van der Maas and Maartje E.J. Raijmakers -- Dynamic systems and the quest for individual-based models of change and development / Paul van Geert and Kurt Fischer -- Dynamic and connectionist approaches to development : toward a future of mutually beneficial co-evolution / Michael S.C. Thomas, James L. McClelland, Fiona M. Richardson, Anna C. Schapiro, and Frank Baughman -- Moving toward a new grand theory while valuing the importance of the initial conditions / John P. Spencer, Evelina Dineva, and Gregor Schöner. |
| Series Title: | Oxford series in developmental cognitive neuroscience. |
| Responsibility: | edited by John P. Spencer, Michael S.C. Thomas, James L. McClelland. |
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<br>"What is knowledge and how is it acquired? Radical answers to these questions are proposed by the world's leading exponents of dynamical systems theory and connectionist modeling. The volume represents the first comprehensive review of the theoretical relationship between these two frameworks for understanding development. Readers will gain a thorough appreciation of the complementary nature of connectionism and dynamical systems, and receive guidance on how they might be unified in the service of a grand theory. If you are interested in the mechanisms of developmental change, you ignore this book at your peril." <br>--Kim Plunkett, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Oxford <br><p><br>"There is no more complex construction project on earth than the development of the human brain. This integrated collection of chapters offers a new perspective on how development manages to accomplish the seemingly conflicting goals of maintaining stability while orchestrating massive changes as the brain grows into a human mind." <br>--Terrence Sejnowski, Salk Institute for Biological Studies and University of California, San Diego <br><p><br>"There are many good reasons for presuming that a theory of development should guide inquiry into perception, action and cognition. Unfortunately no developmental theory of the requisite scope and depth has been forthcoming. In the present volume we are given the opportunity to evaluate whether the desired level of theory could emerge from the perspectives of connectionism and dynamical systems, singly or in combination. Minimally, the volume makes us acutely aware of the challenges confronting efforts to formalize human development." <br>--Michael Turvey, Board of Trustees' Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut and Senior Research Scientist, Haskins Laboratories <br><p><br> Read more...
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- Developmental psychology.
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- Models, Neurological.
- Psychological Theory.
- Psychosoziale Entwicklung.
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