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.

Other author Spencer, John P.
Other author Thomas, Michael S. C.
Other author McClelland, James L.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxix, 389 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesOxford series in developmental cognitive neuroscience
Oxford series in developmental cognitive neuroscience. ^A1008665
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2008033827
ISBN9780195300598 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0195300599 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BF713 .T69 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold