Journal article
Twenty years and going strong: A dynamic systems revolution in motor and cognitive development
Child development perspectives, Vol.5(4), pp.260-266
12/2011
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116862
PMCID: PMC3224018
PMID: 22125575
Abstract
This article reviews the major contributions of dynamic systems theory in advancing thinking about development, the empirical insights the theory has generated, and the key challenges for the theory on the horizon. The first section discusses the emergence of dynamic systems theory in developmental science, the core concepts of the theory, and the resonance it has with other approaches that adopt a systems metatheory. The second section reviews the work of Esther Thelen and colleagues, who revolutionized how researchers think about the field of motor development. It also reviews recent extensions of this work to the domain of cognitive development. Here, the focus is on dynamic field theory, a formal, neurally grounded approach that has yielded novel insights into the embodied nature of cognition. The final section proposes that the key challenge on the horizon is to formally specify how interactions among multiple levels of analysis interact across multiple time scales to create developmental change.
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- Title
- Twenty years and going strong: A dynamic systems revolution in motor and cognitive development
- Creators
- John P Spencer - Department of Psychology and Delta Center, University of IowaSammy PeroneAaron T Buss
- Publication Details
- Child development perspectives, Vol.5(4), pp.260-266
- Academic Unit
- Human Development, Department of
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- R01 MH062480 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH062480-08 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Identifiers
- 99900547712601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article