Arguments over the developmental origins of human knowledge are ancient, founded in the
writings of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, and Kant. They have also persisted long …

Theories of cognitive development have led to enduring and fierce arguments that have
been long on rhetoric but short on evidence. Constructivist theory has roots in Piagetian …

How do the representations underlying cognitive skills emerge? It is becoming increasingly
apparent that answering this question requires integration of neural, cognitive and …

It is argued that neuroconstructivism offers the strongest middle ground between nativism
and empiricism, and that two domain‐general mechanisms—statistical learning and …

" The scientific study of cognitive development in young children traces its roots back to Jean
Piaget, a pioneer of this field in the twentieth century (Piaget, 1954, 1983). From infancy to …

This article provides a synthesis and overview of a theory of cognitive development, rational
constructivism. The basic tenets of this view are as follows:(a) Initial state: Human infants …

For the last 20 or more years, perhaps 30 or 40 years if one goes back to Chomsky, radical
nativism has more or less had its way with the study of cognitive development. Traditional …

In recent years, nativism has come under repeated attack from advocates of a new
developmental program: neuroconstructivism. 1 Armed primarily with results from theoretical …

An overview of the emerging discipline of computational developmental psychology,
emphasizing the use of constructivist neural networks. Despite decades of scientific …

This chapter examines the area of cognitive development from primarily theoretical and
historical perspectives. Beginning with three “revolutions” in the 1950s (cognitive, language …