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Direct linkMandler, Jean M. – Cognitive Science, 2012
A theory of how concept formation begins is presented that accounts for conceptual activity in the first year of life, shows how increasing conceptual complexity comes about, and predicts the order in which new types of information accrue to the conceptual system. In a compromise between nativist and empiricist views, it offers a single…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Theories, Cognitive Processes, Attention
