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Richardson, Fiona M.; Thomas, Michael S. C. – Developmental Science, 2008
The use of self-organizing feature maps (SOFM) in models of cognitive development has frequently been associated with explanations of "critical" or "sensitive periods". By contrast, error-driven connectionist models of development have been linked with "catastrophic interference" between new knowledge and old knowledge. We introduce a set of…
Descriptors: Maps, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Development, Concept Mapping
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Crone, Eveline A. – Developmental Science, 2009
Despite the advances in understanding cognitive improvements in executive function in adolescence, much less is known about the influence of affective and social modulators on executive function and the biological underpinnings of these functions and sensitivities. Here, recent behavioral and neuroscientific studies are summarized that have used…
Descriptors: Inferences, Cognitive Development, Autism, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Samuelson, Larissa K.; Horst, Jessica S. – Developmental Science, 2008
Young children tend to generalize novel names for novel solid objects by similarity in shape, a phenomenon dubbed "the shape bias". We believe that the critical insights needed to explain the shape bias in particular, and cognitive development more generally, come from Dynamic Systems Theory. We present two examples of recent work focusing on the…
Descriptors: Neurological Organization, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes