Linda Smith | |
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Occupation(s) | Distinguished Professor and Chancellor's Professor of Psychological and Brain Science, and of Cognitive Science |
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Education | Ph.D. in Psychology |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
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Sub-discipline | Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Science |
Institutions | Indiana University |
Linda B. Smith (born 1951[1]) is an American developmental psychologist internationally recognized for her theoretical and empirical contributions to developmental psychology and cognitive science, proposing, through theoretical and empirical studies, a new way of understanding developmental processes.[2] Smith's works are groundbreaking and illuminating for the field of perception, action, language, and categorization, showing the unique flexibility found in human behavior.[3] She has shown how perception and action are ways of obtaining knowledge for cognitive development and word learning.[4]
With Esther Thelen, she co-authored the books A Dynamic Systems Approach to the Development of Cognition and Action[5] and A Dynamic Systems Approach to Development: Applications,[6] which approach child development from a dynamic systems perspective, including problems of continuity and discontinuities and nonlinear outcomes.
Smith is a Distinguished Professor and Chancellor's Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University.[7]
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