TY - BOOK AU - Rakison,David H. TI - Developing object concepts in infancy: an associative learning perspective AV - BF720 .D484 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Boston, Massachusetts PB - Wiley-Blackwell Pub. KW - Learning, Psychology of N1 - 1 (pages 101-109); ColoradoNTENTS, Abstract --; Introduction --; A connectionist model for early learning about animates and inanimates --; Simulations 1a, 1b, and 1c: the role of moving parts in forming representations of objects --; Simulations 2a and 2b: the role of moving parts in forming representations of objects presented in a category context --; Learning initial mappings between labels and object features: simulations and experiments with infants --; Simulation 4: a model of Rakison, 2005A: animacy relations in causal events --; Simulation 5: a model of Rakison, 2006: animacy relations in noncausal events --; General discussion; ColoradoMMENTARY, Associationist learning as a basis of knowledge in infancy; Lisa M. Oakes --; Encountering concepts in context; Arlene S. Walker-Andrews; 2 N2 - "[Rakison and Lupyan] present a domain-general framework called constrained attentional associative learning to provide a developmental account for how and when infants form concepts for animates and inanimates that encapsulate not only their surface appearance but also their movement characteristics. ..."--P. vii ER -