Bridging the representational gap in the dynamic systems approach to development

By John P. Spencer, Gregor Schöner. 2003

166 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology

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In Cognitive Neuroscience

1. Carlos A. Zednik
2. John P. Spencer
3. Anne R. Schutte
4. Vanessa R. Simmering
5. Jodie M. Plumert
6. P. V. van Geert
7. Henderien W. Steenbeek
8. Gregor Schöner

In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. P. V. van Geert
2. Carlos A. Zednik
3. John P. Spencer
4. Vanessa R. Simmering
5. Anne R. Schutte
6. Jodie M. Plumert
7. Henderien W. Steenbeek
8. Gregor Schöner

Citations in the corpus

• Stepping off the pendulum: Why only an action-based approach can transcend the nativist–empiricist debate (2013, background): “In an effort to address this representational limitation, Dynamic Field Theory (DFT) has been offered with the promise of 'bridging the representational gap' (Spencer & Schöner, 2003).”
• The Nature of Dynamical Explanation* (2011, background): “Notably, episodes of representation hunting have already occurred both for Beer’s dynamical agent (Ward and Ward 2009) and for Thelen et al.’s dynamical field theory model (Spencer and Schöner 2003).”
• Explaining After by Before: Basic Aspects of a Dynamic Systems Approach to the Study of Development. (2005, background): “The dynamic field theory that describes the dynamics of this field thus bridges the ''representational gap'' that exists in current dynamic systems models (Spencer & Schö ner, 2003).”
• The dynamics of scaffolding (2005, unknown): “The first type of models have been introduced by Van Geert (van Geert, 1991, 1994a, b, 1998a, b, 2003) The second type of model is typical of the work of Thelen, Smith, Spencer and others (Smith & Thelen, 1993; Spencer & Schöner, 2003; Thelen & Smith, 1994).”
• The stability and flexibility of spatial categories. (2005, background): “The Dynamic Field Theory (DFT), for example, is a computational model of how long-term memory for repeatedly experienced locations, perceptual structure in the form of perceived symmetry axes, and short-term memory for a recently seen location combine to produce bias in estimates of the recently see”
• What does theoretical neuroscience have to offer the study of behavioral development?:Insights from a dynamic field theory of spatial cognition (2007, methodology): “…multiple subsystems may vary in time due to the complex behavior of the organism in changing environments, the maintenance of spatial information in working memory requires processes that stabilize metric information in the face of both internal and external perturbations (Spencer & Schöner, 2003).”