Introduction / John P. Spencer, Michael S.C. Thomas, and James L. McClelland
Introduction to the approaches connectionist models of development : mechanistic dynamical models with emergent dynamical properties / James L. McClelland and Gautam Vallabha
Development as change of system dynamics : stability, instability, and emergence / Gregor Schöner
Dynamical systems theory : case studies brain, body, and mind : lessons from infant motor development / Daniela Corbetta
Dynamic systems, sensory-motor processes, and the origins of stability and flexibility / Linda B. Smith
Dynamic field theory and embodied cognitive dynamics / John P. Spencer, Sammy Perone, and Jeff Johnson
Time scales in connectionist and dynamical systems approaches to learning and development / Karl M. Newell, Yeou-Teh Liu, and Gottfried Mayer-Kress
Connectionism : case studies
Connectionist approaches to perseveration : understanding universal and task-specific aspects of children's behavior / J. Bruce Morton and Yuko Munakata
Dynamical insight into structure in connectionist models / Whitney Tabor
The robot as a new frontier for connectionism and dynamic systems theory / Matthew Schlesinger
Hybrid models : case studies
Combining connectionist and dynamic systems principles in models of development : the case of analogical completion / Denis Mareschal, Robert Leech, and Richard P. Cooper
Integrating connectionist learning and dynamical systems processing : case studies in speech and lexical development / Bob McMurray, Jessica S. Horst, Joseph C. Toscano, and Larissa K. Samuelson
Reactions from the outside soft-assembled mechanisms for the grand theory / Heidi Kloos and Guy C. Van Orden
Are dynamic systems and connectionist approaches an alternative to good old fashioned cognitive development? / Lisa M. Oakes, Nora S. Newcombe, and Jodie M. Plumert
A developmental systems theory perspective on psychological change / Timothy D. Johnston and Robert Lickliter
Reactions from the inside
Transitions in cognitive development : prospects and limitations of a neural dynamic approach / Han L.J. van der Maas and Maartje E.J. Raijmakers
Dynamic systems and the quest for individual-based models of change and development / Paul van Geert and Kurt Fischer
Dynamic and connectionist approaches to development : toward a future of mutually beneficial co-evolution / Michael S.C. Thomas, James L. McClelland, Fiona M. Richardson, Anna C. Schapiro, and Frank Baughman
Moving toward a new grand theory while valuing the importance of the initial conditions / John P. Spencer, Evelina Dineva, and Gregor Schöner.
Toward a unified theory of development : connectionism and dynamic systems theory re-considered. ISBN 9780195300598. Published by Oxford University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.