Mixing the Old with the New and the New with the Old: Combining Prior and Current Knowledge in Conceptual Change

Neoconstructivism: The New Science of Cognitive Development

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mareschal, Denis ^a   Westermann, Gert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Category knowledge; Concept learning; Connectionist model; Current learning; Prior knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920641246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331059.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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