?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Modelling+the+Developing+Mind%3A+From+Structure+to+Change&rft.creator=Demetriou%2C+Andreas&rft.creator=Raftopoulos%2C+Athanassios&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=This+paper+presents+a+theory+of+cognitive+change.+The+theory+assumes+that+the+fundamental+causes+of+cognitive+change+reside+in+the+architecture+of+mind.+Thus%2C+the+architecture+of+mind+as+specified+by+the+theory+is+described+first.+It+is+assumed+that+the+mind+is+a+three-level+universe+involving+(1)+a+processing+system+that+constrains+processing+potentials%2C+(2)+a+set+of+specialized+capacity+systems+that+guide+understanding+of+different+reality+and+knowledge+domains%2C+and+(3)+a+hypecognitive+system+that+monitors+and+controls+the+functioning+of+all+other+systems.+The+paper+then+specifies+the+types+of+change+that+may+occur+in+cognitive+development+(changes+within+the+levels+of+mind%2C+changes+in+the+relations+between+structures+across+levels%2C+changes+in+the+efficiency+of+a+structure)+and+a+series+of+general+(e.g.%2C+metarepresentation)+and+more+specific+mechanisms+(e.g.%2C+bridging%2C+interweaving%2C+and+fusion)+that+bring+the+changes+about.+It+is+argued+that+different+types+of+change+require+different+mechanisms.+Finally%2C+a+general+model+of+the+nature+of+cognitive+development+is+offered.+The+relations+between+the+theory+proposed+in+the+paper+and+other+theories+and+research+in+cognitive+development+and+cognitive+neuroscience+is+discussed+throughout+the+paper.&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F778%2F3%2Fchange.pdf&rft.identifier=++Demetriou%2C+Andreas+and+Raftopoulos%2C+Athanassios++(1999)+Modelling+the+Developing+Mind%3A+From+Structure+to+Change.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F778%2F