Moving Toward a Grand Theory of Development: In Memory of Esther Thelen Export

@article{citeulike:945417, abstract = {This paper is in memory of Esther Thelen, who passed away while President of the Society for Research in Child Development. A survey of Esther Thelen's career reveals a trajectory from early work on simple movements like stepping, to the study of goal-directed reaching, to work on the embodiment of cognition, and, ultimately, to a grand theory of development-dynamic systems theory. Four central concepts emerged during her career: (1) a new emphasis on time; (2) the proposal that behavior is softly assembled from the interaction of multiple subsystems; (3) the embodiment of perception, action, and cognition; and (4) a new respect for individuality. Esther Thelen communicated these ideas to scientists and practitioners alike, so the ultimate benefactors of her work were children.}, author = {Spencer, John P. and Clearfield, Melissa and Corbetta, Daniela and Ulrich, Beverly and Buchanan, Patricia and Schoner, Gregor}, citeulike-article-id = {945417}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00955.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00955.x}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17107442}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17107442}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00955.x}, journal = {Child Development}, keywords = {development, dynamic-systems, motor}, number = {6}, pages = {1521--1538}, posted-at = {2009-04-10 05:09:36}, priority = {2}, title = {Moving Toward a Grand Theory of Development: In Memory of Esther Thelen}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00955.x}, volume = {77}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:945417 L3 - citeulike-article-id:945417 N2 - This paper is in memory of Esther Thelen, who passed away while President of the Society for Research in Child Development. A survey of Esther Thelen's career reveals a trajectory from early work on simple movements like stepping, to the study of goal-directed reaching, to work on the embodiment of cognition, and, ultimately, to a grand theory of development-dynamic systems theory. Four central concepts emerged during her career: (1) a new emphasis on time; (2) the proposal that behavior is softly assembled from the interaction of multiple subsystems; (3) the embodiment of perception, action, and cognition; and (4) a new respect for individuality. Esther Thelen communicated these ideas to scientists and practitioners alike, so the ultimate benefactors of her work were children. IS - 6 JF - Child Development EP - 1538 TI - Moving Toward a Grand Theory of Development: In Memory of Esther Thelen VL - 77 SP - 1521 KW - development KW - dynamic-systems KW - motor AU - Spencer, John AU - Clearfield, Melissa AU - Corbetta, Daniela AU - Ulrich, Beverly AU - Buchanan, Patricia AU - Schoner, Gregor PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00955.x ER -