Computational Developmental Psychology - Couverture rigide

Shultz, Thomas R.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 026219483X ISBN 13 : 9780262194839

Editeur : Bradford Books, 2003

Synopsis

An overview of the emerging discipline of computational developmental psychology, emphasizing the use of constructivist neural networks.

Despite decades of scientific research, the core issues of child development remain too complex to be explained by traditional verbal theories. These issues include structure and transition, representation and processing, innate and experiential determinants of development, stages of development, the purpose and end of development, and the relation between knowledge and learning. In this book Thomas Shultz shows how computational modeling can be used to capture these complex phenomena, and in so doing he lays the foundation for a new subfield of developmental psychology, computational developmental psychology.

A principal approach in developmental thinking is the constructivist one. Constructivism is the Piagetian view that the child builds new cognitive structures by using current mental structures to understand new events. In this book Shultz features constructivist models employing networks that grow as well as learn. This allows models to implement synaptogenesis and neurogenesis in a way that allows qualitative changes in processing mechanisms. The book's appendices provide additional background on the mathematical concepts used, and a companion Web site contains easy-to-use computational packages.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Thomas R. Shultz is Professor of Psychology and Computer Science and Director of the Laboratory of Natural and Simulated Cognition at McGill University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bradford Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 026219483X
• ISBN 13: 9780262194839
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 338
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible