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An embodied theory in search of a body: Challenges for a dynamic systems model of infant perseveration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Yoke Munakata ,
Sarah Devi Sahni  and
Benjamin E. Yerys
Yoke Munakata
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208 [email protected]@nova.psy.du.edu kore.psy.du.edu/munakata
Sarah Devi Sahni
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 [email protected]
Benjamin E. Yerys
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208 [email protected]@nova.psy.du.edu kore.psy.du.edu/munakata
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Abstract

In this commentary, we question (1) how embodied Thelen et al.'s model is relative to their aims, and (2) how embodied the behavior of children is in particular response systems, relative to how much dynamic systems theory emphasizes this idea. We close with corrections to mischaracterizations of an alternative, neural network perspective on infant behavior.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 56 - 57
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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