Toward a Unified Theory of Development: Connectionism and Dynamic Systems Theory Re-Considered

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Interactive specialization: a domain-general framework for human functional brain development? (2011, unknown): “…versions of skill acquisition propose different degrees of prespecification for the neural circuitry that underlies skill learning, with some proponents preferring to focus on inherent computational principles that maximise the brains ability to learn (for reviews see Spencer et al., 2009).”
Word learning emerges from the interaction of online referent selection and slow associative learning (2012, background): “…whereas developmental-time learning processes involve changes in knowledge , that is, associations between words and objects (Harm & Seidenberg, 1999; McMurray, Horst, et al., 2009; Munakata & McClelland, 2003; Munakata et al., 1997; Smith et al., 1999; Spencer et al., 2009; Thelen et al., 2001).”
Taking Emergence Seriously: The Centrality of Circular Causality for Dynamic Systems Approaches to Development (2011, background): “Those who espouse what I [Witherington, 2007] have termed a contextualist DS perspective, such as Thelen and Smith [1994, 1998, 2006] and Spencer [Spencer et al., 2009a; Spencer, Perone, & Buss, in press], refashion the argument against design as a full-blown assault on all forms of structural…”