Toward a unified theory of development
Subtitle: connectionism and dynamic systems theory re-considered
By: edited by John P. Spencer, Michael S.C. Thomas, and James L. McClelland.
Contributors: Spencer, John P.; Thomas, Michael S. C.; McClelland, James L.
Series: Oxford series in developmental cognitive neuroscience -- 2
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9780195300598
Subjects: Developmental psychology; Cognitive psychology; Connectionism; Differentiable dynamical systems; Dynamics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / John P. Spencer, Michael S.C. Thomas, and James L. McClelland; title: Introduction to the approaches connectionist models of development : mechanistic dynamical models with emergent dynamical properties / James L. McClelland and Gautam Vallabha; title: Development as change of system dynamics : stability, instability, and emergence / Gregor Schöner; title: Dynamical systems theory : case studies brain, body, and mind : lessons from infant motor development / Daniela Corbetta; title: Dynamic systems, sensory-motor processes, and the origins of stability and flexibility / Linda B. Smith; title: Dynamic field theory and embodied cognitive dynamics / John P. Spencer, Sammy Perone, and Jeff Johnson; title: Time scales in connectionist and dynamical systems approaches to learning and development / Karl M. Newell, Yeou-Teh Liu, and Gottfried Mayer-Kress; title: Connectionism : case studies; title: Connectionist approaches to perseveration : understanding universal and task-specific aspects of children's behavior / J. Bruce Morton and Yuko Munakata; title: Dynamical insight into structure in connectionist models / Whitney Tabor; title: The robot as a new frontier for connectionism and dynamic systems theory / Matthew Schlesinger; title: Hybrid models : case studies; title: Combining connectionist and dynamic systems principles in models of development : the case of analogical completion / Denis Mareschal, Robert Leech, and Richard P. Cooper; title: 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; title: Reactions from the outside soft-assembled mechanisms for the grand theory / Heidi Kloos and Guy C. Van Orden; title: Are dynamic systems and connectionist approaches an alternative to good old fashioned cognitive development? / Lisa M. Oakes, Nora S. Newcombe, and Jodie M. Plumert; title: A developmental systems theory perspective on psychological change / Timothy D. Johnston and Robert Lickliter; title: Reactions from the inside; title: Transitions in cognitive development : prospects and limitations of a neural dynamic approach / Han L.J. van der Maas and Maartje E.J. Raijmakers; title: Dynamic systems and the quest for individual-based models of change and development / Paul van Geert and Kurt Fischer; title: 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; title: Moving toward a new grand theory while valuing the importance of the initial conditions / John P. Spencer, Evelina Dineva, and Gregor Schöner.