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Title:

Toward a unified theory of development : connectionism and dynamic systems theory re-considered / edited by John P. Spencer, Michael S.C. Thomas, James L. McClelland.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xix, 389 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Developmental psychology
Cognitive psychology
Connectionism
Differentiable dynamical systems
Dynamics

Other Authors:

Spencer, John P.
Thomas, Michael S. C.
McClelland, James L.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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 Sch©œner -- Dynamical systems theory : case studies -- Brain, body, and mind : lessons from infant motor development / Daniela Corbetta -- Dynamic systems, sensorimotor processes, and the origins of stability and flexibility / Linda B. Smith -- Dynamic field theory and embodied cognitive dynamics / John P. Spencer, Sammy Perone, and Jeffrey S. Johnson -- Timescales of change 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 ... [et al.] -- Reactions from the outside -- Soft-assembled mechanisms for the unified 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 W. Fischer -- Dynamic and connectionist approaches to development : toward a future of mutually beneficial coevolution / Michael S.C. Thomas ... [et al.] -- Moving toward a unified theory while valuing the importance of the initial conditions / John P. Spencer, Evelina Dineva, and Gregor Sch©œner.

Series:

Oxford series in developmental cognitive neuroscience

ISBN:

0195300599 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780195300598 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)243601882

LCCN:

2008033827

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)