How do minds emerge from developing brains? According to “neural constructivism,” the
representational features of cortex are built from the dynamic interaction between neural …

Neuroconstructivism: How the Brain Constructs Cognition proposes a unifying framework for
the study of cognitive development that brings together (1) constructivism (which views …

Beyond modularity attempts a synthesis of Fodor's anticonstructivist nativism and Piaget's
antinativist constructivism. Contra Fodor, I argue that:(1) the study of cognitive development …

How does evolution grow bigger brains? It has been widely assumed that growth of
individual structures and functional systems in response to niche-specific cognitive …

The computational view of mind rests on certain intuitions regarding the fundamental
similarity between computation and cognition. We examine some of these intuitions and …

How do the representations underlying cognitive skills emerge? It is becoming increasingly
apparent that answering this question requires integration of neural, cognitive and …

This target article presents a plausible evolutionary scenario for the emergence of the neural
preconditions for language in the hominid lineage. In pleistocene primate lineages there …

Newell (1980; 1990) proposed that cognitive theories be developed in an effort to satisfy
multiple criteria and to avoid theoretical myopia. He provided two overlapping lists of 13 …

Cognitivism in psychology and philosophy is roughly the position that intelligent behavior
can (only) be explained by appeal to internal “cognitive processes,” that is, rational thought …

The presence of general intelligence poses a major evolutionary puzzle, which has led to
increased interest in its presence in nonhuman animals. The aim of this review is to critically …