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Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1977
Professional Experience
- Member, Memory and Cognitive Processes Panel, National Science Foundation, 1983-86
- Member, Biological, Behavioral, and Social Sciences Panel, National Science Foundation, 1989-92
- Member, Cognitive Emotion and Personality Panel, NIMH, 1989-93
- Lilly Fellow, 1993-94
- Associate Editor, Psychological Review, 1994-1996
Awards
- James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Award, 1985
- APA Award for an Early Career Contribution, 1985
- NIH Research Career Development Award, 1984-89
- Tracy M. Sonneborn Award, 1997
Research Interests
The interaction of perceptual, cognitive, and linguistic
factors in the psychology of objects and dimensions from a
developmental perspective. Two current empirical
emphases are: (1) developmental changes in perceived
similarity and category formation; and (2) the development
of quantitative dimensions. The theoretical perspective is
that of dynamic systems. This perspective concentrates on
the interaction of heterogeneous systems as the mechanism
behind developmental change.
Representative Publications
Smith, L. B., Jones, S.S. & Landau, B. (1992). Count
nouns, adjectives, and perceptual properties in
children's novel word interpretations.
Developmental Psychology, 28, 273-289.
Smith, L. B. & Thelen, E. (1993). A dynamical systems
approach to development: Applications.
Bradford Books: MIT Press.
Thelen, E. & Smith, L. B., (1994). A Dynamical Systems Approach to Development of Cognition and Action.
Bradford, Books, MIT Press.
Smith, L. B., Jones, S. & Landau, B. (1996). Naming in young children: A dumb attentional mechanism?
Cognition, 60, 143-171.
Gasser, M. & Smith, L. B. (in press). Learning nouns and adjectives: A connectionist account.
Language and Cognitive Processes.
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