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Direct linkSamuelson, 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
