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Domain Specificity and Variability in Cognitive Development
Author(s) -
Gelman Rochel
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8624.00193
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , domain (mathematical analysis) , domain specificity , core (optical fiber) , cognitive science , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , computer science , mathematical analysis , telecommunications , mathematics
There are core‐specific and noncore‐specific domains of knowledge, but only the core‐specific domains benefit from innate skeletal structures. Core skeletal domains are universally shared, even though their particular foci may vary; individuals vary extensively in terms of the noncore domains they acquire.