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The language-of-thought as a working hypothesis for developmental cognitive science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2023

Melissa M. Kibbe Open the ORCID record for Melissa M. Kibbe [Opens in a new window]
Melissa M. Kibbe*
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Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA kibbe@bu.edu https://www.bu.edu/cdl/developing-minds-lab/
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Abstract

A science of prelinguistic infant cognition must take seriously the language-of-thought (LoT) hypothesis. I show how the LoT framework enables us to identify the representational and computational capacities of infant minds and the developmental factors that act on these capacities, and explain how Quilty-Dunn et al.'s take on LoT has important upshots for developmental theory-building.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e280
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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