Dynamic instabilities as mechanisms for emergence

• Published in: Developmental science Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 69 - 74
• Main Authors: Schöner, Gregor, Dineva, Evelina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2007; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Child; Child Development - physiology; Cognition & reasoning; Cognition - physiology; Cognitive Development; Developmental psychology; Humans; Learning - physiology; Learning Processes; Models, Neurological; Motor ability; Motor Development; Motor Skills - physiology; Neurosciences; Physical Activity Level; Psychological Theory; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Theory; Thinking Skills

That competences may emerge given appropriate environmental and behavioral context is a long‐standing theme in developmental research. Work in the motor domain, but also in cognitive development, has made it possible to transform this idea into a mechanistic account closely linked to empirical evide...