special issue

[Denis Mareschal]

Dear all,

Some of you may be interested in this recent special issue of 
Developmental Science comparing connectionist and dynamics systems 
approaches to development.

Best,

Denis Mareschal

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Developmental Science
Volume 4 Number 4
Contents

Fast-Track Report
Larger brains and white matter volumes in children with developmental 
language disorder
Martha R. Herbert, David A. Ziegler, Nikos Makris, Anna Bakardjiev, 
James Hodgson, Kristen T. Adrien, David N. Kennedy, Pauline A. 
Filipek, and Verne S. Canives Jr.  F11

Special Issue: Connectionist and Dynamic Systems Approaches to Development

Introduction to the special issue: Why this question and why now?
John P. spencer and Esther Thelen 
			375

Connectionism and dynamic systems: are they really different?
Esther Thelen and Elizabeth Bates 
			378

Bridging the representational gap in dynamic systems approaches to development
John P. Spencer and Gregor Schoner 
			392

Connectionist models of development
Yuko Munakata and James L. McClelland 
		413

Development: it's about time
Jeff Elman 
			430

Different is good: connectionism and dynamic systems theory are 
complementary emergenist approaches to development
Linda B. Smith and Larissa K. Samuelson 
		434

Comparisons of developmental modeling frameworks and levels of 
analysis on cognition: connectionist and dynamic systems theories 
deserve attention, but don't yet explain attention
Nelson Cowan 
			440


http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1363-755X

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