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Smith, Linda B. and Samuelson, Larissa K. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9141-3286
(2003)
Different is good:Connectionism and dynamic systems theory are complementary emergentist approaches to development.
Developmental Science, 6 (4).
pp. 434-439.
ISSN 1363-755X
Abstract
Connectionist and dynamic systems approaches to development are similar in that they are both emergentist theories that take a very different perspective from more traditional symbolic systems. Moreover, they are both based on similar mathematical principles. Nevertheless, connectionism and dynamic systems differ in the approach they take to the study of development. We argue that differences between connectionist and dynamic systems approaches in terms of the basic components of the models, what they see as the object of study, how they view the nature of knowledge and their notions of developmental change mean that they each stand to make different and unique contributions to a more complete theory of development. We present an example from our work on how children learn to learn words that illustrates the complementary nature of connectionist and dynamic systems theories.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | developmental and educational psychology,cognitive neuroscience ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3204 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2023 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2023 09:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/90788 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1467-7687.00298 |
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