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dc.contributor.authorHalford, Graeme S
dc.contributor.authorAndrews, Glenda
dc.contributor.authorWilson, William H
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Steven
dc.contributor.editorDeanna Kuhn
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:57:57Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:57:57Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-06-18T03:41:16Z
dc.identifier.issn0885-2014
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.cogdev.2012.08.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/49507
dc.description.abstractAcquisition of relational knowledge is a core process in cognitive development. Relational knowledge is dynamic and flexible, entails structure-consistent mappings between representations, has properties of compositionality and systematicity, and depends on binding in working memory. We review three types of computational models relevant to relational knowledge. The first are formal models of structural commonalities among concepts, including some that differ in surface characteristics. The second is a self-modifying production system model of the role of relational knowledge in strategy acquisition. The third comprises symbolic connectionist models that implement key properties of relational cognition. These models are complemented by the semantic cognition model that shows how some developmentally important concept acquisition mechanisms can emerge from learning input-output functions. We conclude that no one type of model fully suffices as an account of cognitive development but there is potential for future development, including hybrid models that could meet most or all of the criteria.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom481
dc.relation.ispartofpageto499
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCognitive Development
dc.relation.ispartofvolume27
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther psychology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode529999
dc.titleComputational models of relational processes in cognitive development
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorAndrews, Glenda
gro.griffith.authorHalford, Graeme S.


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