Curiosity is a basic element of our cognition, but its biological function, mechanisms, and neural underpinning remain poorly understood. It is nonetheless a motivator for learning …
Modeling human cognition is challenging because there are infinitely many mechanisms that can generate any given observation. Some researchers address this by constraining the …
Cognitive Development and Cognitive Neuroscience: The Learning Brain is a thoroughly revised edition of the bestselling Cognitive Development. The new edition of this full-colour …
We propose a new version of the “theory theory” grounded in the computational framework of probabilistic causal models and Bayesian learning. Probabilistic models allow a …
F Xu - Psychological review, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
This article provides a synthesis and overview of a theory of cognitive development, rational constructivism. The basic tenets of this view are as follows:(a) Initial state: Human infants …
New theoretical ideas and empirical research show that very young children's learning and thinking are strikingly similar to much learning and thinking in science. Preschoolers test …
Research Methods for Education, Second Edition takes the student by the hand and guides them through the complex subject of research methods in an engaging, witty and clear way …
Doplněné a přepracované vydání oblíbené publikace se zabývá psychickým vývojem jedince v období dětství a dospívání. Tento vývoj je analyzován z různých hledisek: se …
R Feiman, S Mody, S Carey - Cognitive Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
How do humans develop the capacity to reason? In five studies, we examined infants' emerging ability to make exclusion inferences using negation, as in the disjunctive syllogism …