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.