Transitions in Cognitive Development: Prospects and Limitations of a Neural Dynamic Approach

Toward a Unified Theory of Development Connectionism and Dynamic System Theory Re-Consider

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Van Der Maas, Han L J ^a   Raijmakers, Maartje E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Connectionism; Dynamical systems theory; Nonlinear dynamical systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921591574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195300598.003.0015     Document Type: Chapter

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