Twenty years and going strong: A dynamic systems revolution in motor and cognitive development

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 260-266

  Spencer, John P ^a   Perone, Sammy ^a   Buss, Aaron T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Developmental systems theory; Dynamical systems theory; Motor development; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855124007     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00194.x     Document Type: Review

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