Neuroconstructivism - IHow the brain constructs cognition

Mareschal, Denis; Johnson, Mark H.; Sirois, Sylvain; Spratling, Michael W.; Thomas, Michael S. C.; Westermann, Gert

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198529910.001.0001

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“…What is important here is the sequence of development and the profile which that represents, not so much the age at which the transitions from one level to another take place, or the transition from one attractor state to another (Mareschal et al, 2007). For that reason, although changes tend to be observed at particular ages, that actual chronological age cannot be seen to be understood to be the motor of change.…”

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Escala de desarrollo armónico. Una propuesta integradora para la evaluación del desarrollo infantil.

2015

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Título: Escala de desarrollo armónico. Una propuesta integradora para la evaluación del desarrollo infantil. Resumen: En el ámbito de la evaluación psicológica, cada vez más, los profesionales interesados en el desarrollo son sensibles a la necesidad de instrumentos capaces de integrar en su diseño el carácter sistémico y epigenético de este proceso. La mayoría de las explicaciones propuestas en las últimas décadas convergen en considerar el cambio evolutivo como el resultado de una compleja red de transacciones entre el sujeto y sus contextos de desarrollo a distintos niveles. La Escala de Desarrollo Armónico recoge elementos sensibles al dinamismo del proceso ontogenético: áreas y funciones de desarrollo que experimentan tensiones generadoras de cambios cuantitativos y cualitativos a través de diferentes niveles y etapas. Estas etapas, entendidas como "estados atractores" -concepto clave en la Teoría de Sistemas Dinámicos Autoorganizados-, pierden rigidez e integran la variabilidad. La escala aporta variables que permiten abordar simultáneamente la dimensión cuantitativa (el Cociente de Desarrollo Medio) y la calidad del proceso de desarrollo (el Indice de Armonía). Los primeros ensayos realizados desvelan su utilidad como un test de screening al servicio de la prevención desarrollo infantil. Palabras clave: Psicología del desarrollo; escalas de evaluación del desarrollo infantil; teoría de sistemas dinámicos; desarrollo armónico.Abstract: Professionals interested in the area of psychological assessment are becoming increasingly sensitive towards the need for instruments capable of integrating the systemic and epigenetic character of the developmental process into its design. Most of the proposals put forward in recent decades coincide in considering developmental change as the result of a complex network of transactions between the subject and its developmental contexts at different levels. The Scale of Harmonic Development combines elements sensitive to the dynamism of the ontogenetic process: areas and functions of development which experience generative tensions of quantitative and qualitative change across different levels and stages. These stages, understood as "attractor states -a key concept in the Self-organizing Dynamic Systems Theory-, lose rigidity and integrate variability. The scale provides variables which allow the quantitative dimension (the Average Development Quotient) and the quality of the process of development (the Index of Harmony) to be dealt with at the same time. Initial trials reveal their usefulness as a screening test to serve in child development prevention.

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Escala de desarrollo armónico. Una propuesta integradora para la evaluación del desarrollo infantil.

2015

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“…Thus, WS has been used to support both nativist and neuroconstructivist theoretical views in psychology (Karmiloff-Smith, 2009). While the nativist approach claims the existence of innate and independently functioning modules (Pinker, 1991), the neuroconstructivist view argues against innate pre-specification and emphasizes the role of development and the interaction of multiple levels of explanation when considering phenotypical outcomes (Karmiloff-Smith, 1998a;Mareschal et al, 2007).…”

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Developmental trajectories of pitch-related music skills in children with Williams syndrome

Martínez‐Castilla

Rodrı́guez

Campos

2016

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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“…A special note should also be taken of Luke and Terhune's review of synesthesia with chemical agents (2013) as well as Carmichael and Simner's immune hypothesis (2013). To break the isolationist and inward-looking stance of traditional approaches, we should also mention the promising research by Bargh on the automaticity of higher mental processes (e.g., Bargh and Ferguson 2000;Hassin et al 2005), Karmiloff-Smith's neuroconstructivism (1992;Mareschal 2007), Barsalou's research into the groundedness of the human conceptual system in the brain's modal systems for perception, action, and introspection (e.g., Barsalou and Wiemer-Hastings 2005;Barsalou 2013) as well as studies of the interaction between higher-order and lower-order mechanisms in cognitive functions (see in Droege 2003;also Goldstone 2003;Terai and Goldstone 2012).…”

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