Linda B. Smith

Linda B. Smith (born 1951) 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. Smith's works are groundbreaking and illuminating for the field of perception, action, language, and categorization, showing the unique flexibility found in human behavior. She has shown how perception and action are ways of obtaining knowledge for cognitive development and word learning.

With Esther Thelen, she co-authored the books ''A Dynamic Systems Approach to the Development of Cognition and Action'' and ''A Dynamic Systems Approach to Development: Applications,'' 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. Provided by Wikipedia