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From NEO constructivism to NEURO constructivism
Author(s) -
Mareschal Denis
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
child development perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1750-8606
pISSN - 1750-8592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00185.x
Subject(s) - psychology , context (archaeology) , cognitive science , representation (politics) , point (geometry) , key (lock) , cognitive psychology , computer science , political science , paleontology , geometry , mathematics , computer security , politics , law , biology
Abstract— Neoconstructivism makes the point that new knowledge is built within a context of existing knowledge. The neuroconstructivist approach argues that this is true of development at all levels of representation, from single cells, to functional brain systems, to children growing up within specific social and physical environments. Context dependence is the key to understanding functional development.