Constructivist developmental theory is needed in developmental neuroscience

Modeling developmental cognitive neuroscience.

In the past few years connectionist models have greatly contributed to formulating theories of cognitive development. Some of these models follow the approach of developmental cognitive neuroscience in exploring interactions between brain development and cognitive development by integrating structural change into learning. We describe two classes of these models. The first focuses on experience...

Developmental cognitive neuroscience

It is with a sense of excitement that we launch this new ournal. This feeling reflects not only an excitement about he field—the rapidly expanding body of knowledge about rain development—but also an enthusiastic anticipation bout the opportunities for this journal to contribute to the rowth and maturation of the rapidly emerging field. At the most straightforward level, the journal can proide ...

Toward a Neuroscience of Adult Cognitive Developmental Theory

Piaget's genetic epistemology has provided the constructivist approach upon which child developmental theories were founded, in that infants are thought to progress through distinct cognitive stages until they reach maturity in their early 20's. However, it is now well established that cognition continues to develop after early adulthood, and several "neo-Piagetian" theories have emerged in an ...

20 - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience of Theory of Mind

Imagine you arrive back at the laundromat and see a stranger take your clothes out of the dryer and start to fold them. What is going on? With only seconds of perceptual data about this stranger, you can immediately conjure upmultiple plausible explanations: maybe he intends to steal your clothes, maybe he is feeling amazingly generous and wants to help someone out, or maybe he just falsely bel...

Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience