Skip to content
MIT Press
  • MIT Press
  • Books
    • Column
      • View all subjects
      • New releases
      • Catalogs
      • Textbooks
      • Series
      • Awards
    • Column
      • Authors
      • Distributed presses
      • The MIT Press Reader
      • Podcasts
      • Collections
    • Column
      • MIT Press Direct

        MIT Press Direct is a distinctive collection of influential MIT Press books curated for scholars and libraries worldwide.

        • Learn more
  • Journals
    • column
      • Journals all topics
      • Economics
      • International Affairs, History, & Political Science
    • column
      • Arts & Humanities
      • Science & Technology
      • Open access
    • column
      • MIT Press journals

        MIT Press began publishing journals in 1970 with the first volumes of Linguistic Inquiry and the Journal of Interdisciplinary History. Today we publish over 30 titles in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and science and technology.

        • Learn more
  • Open Access
    • column
      • Open access at the MIT Press
      • Open access books
      • Open access journals
    • column
      • Direct to Open
      • MIT Open Publishing Services
      • MIT Press Open on PubPub
    • Column
      • Open access

        The MIT Press has been a leader in open access book publishing for over two decades, beginning in 1995 with the publication of William Mitchell’s City of Bits, which appeared simultaneously in print and in a dynamic, open web edition.

        • Learn more
  • Resources
    • column
      • Current authors
      • Prospective authors
      • Instructors
    • column
      • Media inquiries
      • Booksellers
      • Rights and permissions
    • column
      • Resources

        Collaborating with authors, instructors, booksellers, librarians, and the media is at the heart of what we do as a scholarly publisher. If you can’t find the resource you need here, visit our contact page to get in touch.

        • Learn more
  • Give
  • About
    • Column
      • About
      • Jobs
      • Internships
      • MIT Press Editorial Board
      • MIT Press Management Board
      • Our MIT story
    • Column
      • Catalogs
      • News
      • Events
      • Conferences
      • Bookstore
    • Column
      • The MIT Press

        Established in 1962, the MIT Press is one of the largest and most distinguished university presses in the world and a leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, art, social science, and design.

        • Learn more
  • Contact Us
Newsletter
MIT Press
Newsletter

Books

    Authors

      On the site

        Learning, Development, and Conceptual Change

        Showing results 1-10 of 23

        • Books
        • Site Content
        Filter Results OPEN +
        Searching...
        ‹123›
        The Algebraic Mind

        The Algebraic Mind

        The Algebraic Mind

        Integrating Connectionism and Cognitive Science

        by Gary F. Marcus

        ISBN: 9780262632683

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: January 24, 2003

        In The Algebraic Mind, Gary Marcus attempts to integrate two theories about how the mind works, one that says that the mind is a computer-like manipulator of symbols, and another that says...
        Learnability and Cognition

        Learnability and Cognition, new edition

        Learnability and Cognition

        The Acquisition of Argument Structure

        by Steven Pinker

        ISBN: 9780262518406

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 24, 2013

        A classic book about language acquisition and conceptual structure, with a new preface by the author, "The Secret Life of Verbs."
        Words, Thoughts, and Theories

        Words, Thoughts, and Theories

        Words, Thoughts, and Theories

        by Alison Gopnik and Andrew N. Meltzoff

        ISBN: 9780262571265

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 1, 1998

        Words, Thoughts, and Theories articulates and defends the "theory theory" of cognitive and semantic development, the idea that infants and young children, like scientists, learn about the...
        How Children Learn the Meanings of Words

        How Children Learn the Meanings of Words

        How Children Learn the Meanings of Words

        by Paul Bloom

        ISBN: 9780262523295

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: January 25, 2002

        How do children learn that the word "dog" refers not to all four-legged animals, and not just to Ralph, but to all members of a particular species? How do they learn the meanings of verbs like "think,"...
        Systems That Learn

        Systems That Learn

        Systems That Learn

        An Introduction to Learning Theory for Cognitive and Computer Scientists

        by Daniel N. Osherson, Michael Stob and Scott Weinstein

        ISBN: 9780262650243

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 14, 1990

        A mathematical framework for the study of learning in a variety of domains.
        Mindblindness

        Mindblindness

        Mindblindness

        An Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind

        by Simon Baron-Cohen

        Foreword by Leda Cosmides and John Tooby

        ISBN: 9780262522250

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: January 22, 1997

        In Mindblindness, Simon Baron-Cohen presents a model of the evolution and development of "mindreading." He argues that we mindread all the time, effortlessly, automatically, and mostly unconsciously....
        Race in the Making

        Race in the Making

        Race in the Making

        Cognition, Culture, and the Child's Construction of Human Kinds

        by Lawrence A. Hirschfeld

        ISBN: 9780262581721

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 1, 1998

        Race in the Making provides a new understanding of how people conceptualize social categories and shows why this knowledge is so readily recruited to create and maintain systems of unequal...
        Beyond Modularity

        Beyond Modularity

        Beyond Modularity

        A Developmental Perspective on Cognitive Science

        by Annette Karmiloff-Smith

        ISBN: 9780262611145

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 25, 1995

        Taking a stand midway between Piaget's constructivism and Fodor's nativism, Annette Karmiloff-Smith offers an exciting new theory of developmental change that embraces both approaches. She shows...
        Conceptual Change In Childhood

        Conceptual Change In Childhood

        Conceptual Change In Childhood

        by Susan Carey

        ISBN: 9780262530736

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 5, 1987

        Are children fundamentally different kinds of thinkers than adults? Or are the cognitive differences between young children and adults merely a matter of accumulation of knowledge? In this book,...
        Approaches to Studying World-Situated Language Use

        Approaches to Studying World-Situated Language Use

        Approaches to Studying World-Situated Language Use

        Bridging the Language-as-Product and Language-as-Action Traditions

        Edited by John C. Trueswell and Michael K. Tanenhaus

        ISBN: 9780262701044

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 22, 2004

        Recent approaches to language processing have focused either on individual cognitive processes in producing and understanding language or on social cognitive factors in interactive conversation....
        ‹123›

        logo
        • Column 1
          • Books
          • Journals
          • The MIT Press Reader
          • Podcasts
          • Imprints
        • Column 2
          • The MIT Press
            • About
            • Bookstore
            • Catalogs
            • Conferences
            • Press Editorial Board
            • Jobs
            • Internships
            • Press Management Board
            • News
            • Staff
            • Code of Conduct
            • Give
        • Column 3
          • Site Help
            • Accessibility
            • FAQ
            • Our eBooks
            • Privacy Policy
            • Terms of Use
        • Column 4
          • Resources
            • Current Authors
            • Prospective Authors
            • Booksellers
            • Instructors
            • Rights and Permissions
            • Media Inquiries
            • MIT Discounts
        • Column 5
          • Digital
            • CogNet
            • Digital Partners and Products
            • Knowledge Futures Group
            • MIT Press Direct
        • Global

          One Broadway 12th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142

        • Contact

        Connect

        © 2023 MIT Press. All Rights Reserved.

        Powered by Supadu