Journal article
Seeing the world through a third eye: Developmental systems theory looks beyond the nativist-empiricist debate
Child development perspectives, Vol.3(2), pp.103-105
08/01/2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2009.00087.x
PMCID: PMC2750896
PMID: 19784382
Abstract
In response to the commentaries on our paper (Spencer et al., 2009) we summarize what a developmental systems perspective offers for a twenty-first century science of development by highlighting five insights from developmental systems theory. Where applicable, the discussion is grounded in a particular example-the emergence of ocular dominance columns in early development. Ocular dominance columns are a paragon of epigenesis and are inconsistent with the nativist view. We conclude with optimism that developmental science can move beyond the nativist-empiricist debate armed with both modern technological tools and strong theory to guide their use.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Seeing the world through a third eye: Developmental systems theory looks beyond the nativist-empiricist debate
- Creators
- John P Spencer - Department of Psychology University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242Larissa K SamuelsonMark S BlumbergBob McMurrayScott R RobinsonJ Bruce Tomblin
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Child development perspectives, Vol.3(2), pp.103-105
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2009.00087.x
- PMID
- 19784382
- PMCID
- PMC2750896
- NLM abbreviation
- Child Dev Perspect
- ISSN
- 1750-8592
- eISSN
- 1750-8606
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- K02 MH066424 / NIMH NIH HHS K02 MH066424-08 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 HD045713-05 / NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD045713 / NICHD NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Linguistics; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biology; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984002494002771
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