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The development of modeling or the modeling of development?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2008

David H. Rakison  and
Gary Lupyan
David H. Rakison
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; rakison@andrew.cmu.eduhttp://www.psy.cmu.edu/~rakison/
Gary Lupyan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850. il24@cornell.eduhttp://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/~glupyan/
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Abstract

We agree with many theoretical points presented by Rogers & McClelland (R&M), especially the role of domain-general learning of coherent covariation. Nonetheless, we argue that in failing to be informed by key aspects of development, including the role of labels on categorization and the emergence of constraints on learning, their model fails to capture important features of the ontogeny of knowledge.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , December 2008 , pp. 726
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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