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Selected Publications from the DSL

Schlesinger, M. (in press). Connectionism. Invited chapter to appear in E.M. Anderman (Ed.), Psychology of classroom learning: An encyclopedia.

Schlesinger, M. (accepted). The robot as a new frontier for connectionism and dynamic systems theory. Invited chapter to appear in J. McClelland, J. Spencer, & M. Thomas (Eds.), Toward a unified theory of development: Connectionism and Dynamic Systems Theory re-considered.

Schlesinger, M. (in preparation). When what meets where: Computational evidence for converging visual streams in infants.

Schlesinger, M. (2008). Heterochrony: It’s (all) about time! In M. Schlesinger, L. Berthouze, & C. Balkenius (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems (pp. 111-117). Sweden: Lund University Cognitive Studies.
(abstract, reprint)

Schlesinger, M., Amso, D., & Johnson, S.P. (2007a). Simulating infants' gaze patterns during the development of perceptual completion. In L. Berthouze, C.G. Prince, M. Littman, H. Kozima, & C. Balkenius (Eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems (pp. 157-164). Sweden: Lund University Cognitive Studies. (abstract, reprint)

Schlesinger, M., Amso, D., & Johnson, S.P. (2007b). The neural basis for visual selective attention in young infants: A computational account. Adaptive Behavior, 15, 135-148. (abstract, reprint)

Schlesinger, M., & Parisi, D. (2007). Connectionism in an Artificial Life perspective: Simulating motor, cognitive, and language development. In D. Mareschal, S. Sirois, G. Westermann, & M.H. Johnson (Eds.), Neuroconstructivism: Vol. 2. Prospectives and prospects (pp. 129-158). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. (reprint)

Schlesinger, M. (2006a). Decomposing infants’ object representations: A dual-route processing account. Connection Science, 18, 207-216. (abstract, reprint)

Schlesinger, M. (2006b). Neural constraints on the development of perceptual completion: A computational account. In the Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Development and Learning. Bloomington, IN: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.

Schlesinger, M. (2006c). Review of the book Computational Developmental Psychology. Philosophical Psychology, 19, 557-561. (reprint)

Schlesinger, M., & Limongi, R. (2005). Towards a what-and-where model of infants’ object representations. In D. Blank & L. Meeden (Eds.), Proceedings of the AAAI 2005 Spring Symposium on Developmental Robotics.

Schlesinger, M. (2004). Evolving agents as a metaphor for the developing child. Developmental Science, 7, 154-168. (abstract, reprint)

Schlesinger, M., & Parisi, D. (Eds.). (2004). Beyond backprop: Emerging trends in connectionist models of development. [Special section]. Developmental Science, 7, 131-132. Includes contributions from Sylvain Sirois, Yuko Munakata, Jason Pflaffy, Maartje Raijmakers, Peter Molenaar, and David Klahr. (preface)

Langer, J., Rivera, S., Schlesinger, M., & Wakeley, A. (2003). Cognitive development in the first two years. In J. Valsiner and K. Connolly (Eds.), Handbook of developmental psychology (pp. 141-171). London: Sage Publications.

Schlesinger, M. (2003). A lesson from robotics: Modeling infants as autonomous agents. Adaptive Behavior, 11, 97-107. (abstract, reprint)

Schlesinger, M, & Casey, P. (2003a). Where infants look when impossible things happen: Simulating and testing a gaze-direction model. Connection Science, 15, 271-280. (abstract, reprint)

Schlesinger, M., & Casey, P. (2003b). Visual expectations in infants: Evaluating the gaze-direction model. In C.G. Prince, L. Berthouze, H. Kozima, D. Bullock, G.Stojanov, & C. Balkenius (Eds.), Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems (pp. 115-122). Sweden: Lund University Cognitive Studies.

Schlesinger, M., & Young, M.E. (2003). Examining the role of prediction in infants' physical knowledge. In R. Alterman and D. Kirsh (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1047-1052). Boston: Cognitive Science Society. (abstract, reprint)

Parisi, D., & Schlesinger, M. (2002). Artificial Life and Piaget. Cognitive Development, 17, 1301-1321. (abstract, reprint)

Schlesinger, M. (2001a). Reexamining visual cognition in human infants: On the necessity of representation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24, 1003-1004. (abstract, reprint)

Schlesinger, M.  (2001b).  Building a better baby:  Embodied models of infant cognition.  Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 5, 139. (reprint)

Schlesinger, M., & Parisi, D. (2001a). The agent-based approach: A new direction for computational models of development. Developmental Review, 21, 121-146. (abstract, reprint)

Schlesinger, M., & Parisi, D. (2001b). Multimodal control of reaching: The role of tactile feedback.  IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation: Special Section on Evolutionary Computation and Cognitive Science, 5, 122-128. (abstract, reprint)

Schlesinger, M., & Parisi, D. (2001c). Coordinating multiple sensory modalities while learning to reach. In B. French and J. Sougne (Eds.), Connectionist models of learning, development, and evolution, pp. 113-122. Sage: London.

Berthier, N.E., Barto, A.G., and Schlesinger, M. (2000). Learning and dynamics. Proceedings of the NSF DARPA Conference on Learning and Development.

Schlesinger, M., Parisi, D., & Langer, J. (2000). Learning to reach by constraining the movement search space. Developmental Science, 3, 67-80. (abstract, reprint)

Schlesinger, M., & Barto, A. (1999). Optimal control methods for simulating the perception of causality in young infants. In M. Hahn & S.C. Stoness (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 625-630). New Jersey: Erlbaum.  (abstract, reprint)

Schlesinger, M., & Langer, J. (1999). Infants' developing expectations of possible and impossible tool-use events between ages 8 and 12 months. Developmental Science, 2, 195-205. (abstract, reprint)

Langer, J., Schlesinger, M., Spinozzi, G., & Natale, F. (1998). Developing classification in action:  I. Human infants. Human Evolution, 13, 107-124.

Spinozzi, G., Natale, F., Langer, J., & Schlesinger, M. (1998). Developing classification in action: II. Young chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Human Evolution, 13, 125-139.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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