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Direct linkColunga, Eliana; Smith, Linda B. – Developmental Science, 2008
Young children's skilled generalization of newly learned nouns to new instances has become the battleground for two very different approaches to cognition. This debate is a proxy for a larger dispute in cognitive science and cognitive development: cognition as rule-like amodal propositions, on the one hand, or as embodied, modal, and dynamic…
Descriptors: Nouns, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Development, Knowledge Level
