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A new manifesto for child development research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2008

Robert M. French
Robert M. French
Affiliation:
LEAD-CNRS UMR 5022, Pole AAFE – Esplanade Erasme, BP 26513University of Burgundy, 21065 Dijon, Cedex, France. robert.french@u-bourgogne.frwww.u-bourgogne.fr/lead/people/rfrench.html
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Abstract

This book is an excellent manifesto for future work in child development. It presents a multidisciplinary approach that clearly demonstrates the value of integrating modeling, neuroscience, and behavior to explore the mechanisms underlying development and to show how internal context-dependent representations arise and are modified during development. Its only major flaw is to have given short shrift to the study of the role of genetics on development.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , June 2008 , pp. 339 - 340
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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