@phdthesis{cogprints4888, month = {August}, title = {The Cognitive Mechanisms Guiding Psychological Development}, school = {University of Cambridge}, author = {G Osborne}, year = {1995}, keywords = {Piaget, complex adaptive system, bucket brigade, hyperstructure, scheme}, url = {http://cogprints.org/4888/}, abstract = {This Thesis presents a model of cognitive development inspired by Piaget's "Genetic Epistemology". It is observed that the epigenetic process described by Piaget posess mechanisms and behaviour that characterise complex adaptive systems. A model of bipedal motion based around the "Bucket Brigade" algorithm of Holland is presened to explore this relationship. } }