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Can multiple bootstrapping provide means of very early conceptual development?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Maciej Haman  and
Mikołaj Hernik
Maciej Haman
Affiliation:
Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Stawki 5/7, 00-183 Warsaw, Poland. maciej.haman@psych.uw.edu.pl
Mikołaj Hernik
Affiliation:
Developmental Neuroscience Unit, Anna Freud Centre, London NW3 5SD, United Kingdom. m.hernik@ucl.ac.ukhttp://www.annafreud.org/infantlab/mhernik/
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Abstract

Carey focuses her theory on initial knowledge and Quinian bootstrapping. We reflect on developmental mechanisms, which can operate in between. Whereas most of the research aims at delimitating early cognitive mechanisms, we point at the need for studying their integration and mutual bootstrapping. We illustrate this call by referring to a current debate on infants' use of featural representations.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , June 2011 , pp. 130 - 131
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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