Minds on the Move
Babies extend their reach into a world of thought and action
Dynamic systems researchers examine the interplay of perception and action that may stimulate child development without the need for genetic programs or symbolic computations by the brain.
References:
Adolph, K.E., and M.A. Eppler. 1998. Development of visually guided locomotion. Ecological Psychology 10:303.
Adolph, K.E., B. Vereijken, and M.A. Denny. 1998. Learning to crawl. Child Development 69(October):1299.
Thelen, E. 1998. Dynamic mechanisms of change in early perceptual-motor development. 29th Carnegie Symposium on Cognition Mechanisms of Cognitive Development: Behavioral and Neural Perspectives. October. Pittsburgh.
Thelen, E., and J.P. Spencer. 1998. Postural control during reaching in young infants: A dynamic systems approach. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 22:507.
Further Readings:
Bower, B. 1998. The name game. Science News 153(April 25):268.
Thelen, E. 1995. Motor development. American Psychologist 50(February):79.
Thelen, E, and L.B. Smith. 1995. A Dynamic Systems Approach to the Development of Cognition and Action. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
Sources:
Karen E. Adolph
New York University
Department of Psychology
6 Washington Place, Room 401
New York, NY 10003
Linda B. Smith
Indiana University
Department of Psychology
Program in Cognitive Science
Bloomington, IN 47405
Esther Thelen
Indiana University
Department of Psychology
Program in Cognitive Science
Bloomington, IN 47405
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 12, March 20, 1999, p. 184. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
