Open Peer Commentary Quartz & Sejnowski: Cognitive development
Constraining the brain: The role of developmental psychology in developmental cognitive neuroscience
David Estes a1andKaren Bartsch a1 a1 Department of Psychology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3415
estes@uwyo.edu
Abstract
Developmental psychology should play an essential constraining
role in developmental cognitive neuroscience. Theories of neural
development must account explicitly for the early emergence of
knowledge and abilities in infants and young children documented in
developmental research. Especially in need of explanation at the
neural level is the early emergence of meta-representation.
