Nativism versus neuroconstructivism: rethinking the study of developmental disorders.

A Karmiloff-Smith - Developmental psychology, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
This article argues that one dominant position in psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, and
philosophy about how genetic disorders point to the innate specification of dissociated …

Early word-learning entails reference, not merely associations

SR Waxman, SA Gelman - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2009 - cell.com
Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of classic tensions concerning the fundamental
nature of human knowledge and the processes underlying its acquisition. This tension …

Do humans have two systems to track beliefs and belief-like states?

IA Apperly, SA Butterfill - Psychological review, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
The lack of consensus on how to characterize humans' capacity for belief reasoning has
been brought into sharp focus by recent research. Children fail critical tests of belief …

[图书][B] Language, consciousness, culture: Essays on mental structure

RS Jackendoff - 2009 - books.google.com
An integrative approach to human cognition that encompasses the domains of language,
consciousness, action, social cognition, and theory of mind that will foster cross-disciplinary …

Numerical representation in the parietal lobes: Abstract or not abstract?

RC Kadosh, V Walsh - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2009 - cambridge.org
The study of neuronal specialisation in different cognitive and perceptual domains is
important for our understanding of the human brain, its typical and atypical development …

[图书][B] The video game theory reader 2

B Perron, MJP Wolf, TH Apperley - 2009 - api.taylorfrancis.com
It need not be said that the field of video game studies is now a healthy and flourishing one.
An explosion of new books, periodicals, online venues, and conferences over the past …

Arithmetic in newborn chicks

R Rugani, L Fontanari, E Simoni… - … of the Royal …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Newly hatched domestic chicks were reared with five identical objects. On days 3 or 4,
chicks underwent free-choice tests in which sets of three and two of the five original objects …

Short arms and talking eggs: Why we should no longer abide the nativist–empiricist debate

JP Spencer, MS Blumberg, B McMurray… - Child development …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The nativist–empiricist debate and the nativist commitment to the idea of core knowledge
and endowments that exist without relevant postnatal experience continue to distract …

[图书][B] Language in cognition: Uncovering mental structures and the rules behind them

C Boeckx - 2009 - books.google.com
This textbook explores the ways in which language informs the structure and function of the
human mind, offering a point of entry into the fascinating territory of cognitive science …

Conceptual metaphor meets conceptual change

TG Amin - Human development, 2009 - karger.com
This paper argues that the metaphorical representation of concepts and the appropriation of
language-based construals can be hypothesized as additional sources of conceptual …