Modularity and Constraints in Language and Cognition by Megan R Gunnar
One of the central problems in the study of modern cognition is the degree to which higher cognition is modularized: that is, how much are higher functions carried out by domain-specific, specialized, cognitive subsystems, rather than a highly general cognitive learning and inferring device? To date, ideas and proposals about modularity have been best developed in the study of vision and grammar. In the present volume, the usefulness of approaches employing modularity and domain specificity are further explored in papers on the development of biological thought, word meaning, symbols, and emotional development, as well as in the core area of grammar itself, by leading researchers in these fields. The volume also contains an introduction to some basic ideas and concepts in the study of modularity and domain-specificity, and some critical discussion of the overall problems of the modularity constraints approach to analyzing development.
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Action As An Organizer of Learning and Development
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Development of Cognition, Affect, and Social Relations
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Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology
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Aspects of the Development of Competence
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Memory and Affect in Development
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Cognitive Perspectives on Children's Social and Behavioral Development
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The Concept of Development
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Systems and Development
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Multilevel Dynamics in Developmental Psychopathology
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Child Psychology in Retrospect and Prospect
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Basic and Applied Perspectives on Learning, Cognition, and Development
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Cultural Processes in Child Development
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Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience
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Development During the Transition to Adolescence
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Threats To Optimal Development
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The Effects of Early Adversity on Neurobehavioral Development
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Relationships as Developmental Contexts
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Parent-Child Interaction and Parent-Child Relations
"The book is full of ideas that challenge the reader.."
—Contemporary Psychology
"Overall, the book would be [a] valuable addition to advanced classes on cognitive development. Most of the chapters are excellent reviews of the work of researchers who have written at length elsewhere; some chapters even present some new data. In sum, this volume is a useful primer on the constraints perspectives."
—Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
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| ISBN 13 | 9780805811759 |
| ISBN 10 | 0805811753 |
| Title | Modularity and Constraints in Language and Cognition |
| Author | Megan R Gunnar |
| Series | Minnesota Symposia On Child Psychology Series |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Psychology Press |
| Year published | 1992-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 252 |
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