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Neuroconstructivism - I
How the brain constructs cognition
Denis Mareschal, Mark H Johnson, Sylvain Sirois, Michael Spratling, Michael S. C. Thomas, and Gert Westermann
286 pages
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21 line illustrations
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234x156mm
978-0-19-852990-3
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Hardback
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18 January 2007
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- A landmark work in developmental psychology/neuroscience, providing a wholly original, integrative approach to understanding development by leading researchers in the field
- Comprised of 2 volumes - one laying out the framework for this novel approach, its rationale, and possibilites. Volume 2 presents cutting edge research from around the world, demonstrating how the framework can shape research in development for years to come
- Integrates work from neuroscience, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, robotics, and developmental psychology to provide a rich analysis of human development
What are the processes, from conception to adulthood, that enable a single cell to grow into a sentient adult? The processes that occur along the way are so complex that any attempt to understand development necessitates a multi-disciplinary approach, integrating data from cognitive studies, computational work, and neuroimaging - an approach till now seldom taken in the study of child development.
Neuroconstructivism is a major new 2 volume publication that seeks to redress this balance, presenting an integrative new framework
for considering development. In the first volume, the authors review up-to-to date findings from neurobiology, brain imaging, child development, computer and robotic modelling to consider why children's thinking develops the way it does. They propose a new synthesis of development that is based on 5 key principles found to operate at many levels of descriptions. They use these principles to explain what causes a number of key developmental phenomena, including infants' interacting with objects, early social cognitive interactions, and the causes of dyslexia. The "neuroconstructivist" framework also shows how developmental disorders do not arise from selective damage to the normal cognitive system, but instead arise from atypical constraints. How these principles work is illustrated in
several case studies ranging from perceptual to social and reading development. Finally, the authors use neuroimaging, behavioural analyses, computational simulations and robotic models to provide a way of understanding the mechanisms and processes that cause development to occur.Readership: Researchers and students in cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, AI, computer science, and robotics.
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Denis Mareschal, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, Mark H Johnson, Centre for Brain & Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, Sylvain Sirois, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK, Michael Spratling, Division of Engineering, King's College London, UK, Michael S. C. Thomas, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, and Gert Westermann, Department of Psychology, Oxford Brookes University, UK
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Part I - Foundations
1: Introduction
2: Encellment: the emerging function and morphology of neurons
3: Embrainment: the brain unboxed
4: Embodiment: representations in context
5: Principles, mechanisms, and processes
Part II - Case Studies
6: The cortical basis of early visual perception ... a story of multiple representations
7: Habituation in infancy ... from interacting neural systems to active exploration
8: Phonological development ... the integration of sensory motor representations
9: Infants and objects ... from functional brain systems to behavior
10: Ensocialment ... minds and brains in society
11: Lessons from atypical development
12: Dyslexia: a case study of the application of the neuroconstructivist principles
Part III - Conclusions
13: Conclusions and challenges for the future
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