ABSTRACT
Introduction
Historically, theorists that have highlighted the importance of modular properties of cognitive processing have tended to suggest that the functions, representations, and procedures of cognitive modules are innately specified (e.g., Fodor, 1983). By doing so, these researchers de-emphasize the importance of cognitive development and experience-dependent adaptation. The converse situation also appears to hold; theorists that have stressed the ubiquity of experience-dependent adaptation have tended to ignore or minimize the importance of modular aspects of cognition (e.g., Piaget, 1955). Thus, modularity and experience-dependent plasticity are often seen as incompatible.
