{"id":42,"date":"2021-09-20T15:05:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T14:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2025-07-24T12:14:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:14:01","slug":"annette-karmiloff-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/lab-members\/annette-karmiloff-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Annette Karmiloff-Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In memoriam<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sadly, Annette Karmiloff-Smith died on 19th December, 2016, at the age of 78. Annette was a key member of the DNL, offering inspiration, guidance, and support since our inception. Many of her theoretical ideas underpin our research, and her sense of curiosity and fun will remain our guiding light. We will miss her greatly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fred, with Mark Johnson, recently edited a volume of Annette\u2019s selected papers, which she chose shortly before she died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/AKS-T-J-2018-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/AKS-T-J-2018-1.jpg 333w, https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/AKS-T-J-2018-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karmiloff-Smith, A., Thomas, M. S. C., &amp; Johnson, M. H. (2018).&nbsp;<em>Thinking Developmentally from Constructivism to Neuroconstructivism: Selected Works of Annette Karmiloff-Smith<\/em>. London, UK: Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Final draft of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/AKS_ThinkingDevelopmentally_CH1.pdf\">AKS_ThinkingDevelopmentally_CH1<\/a>, giving an overview of the evolution of Annette\u2019s ideas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepsychologist.bps.org.uk\/annette-karmiloff-smith-1938-2016\">Obituary in the Psychologist Magazine, written by Fred.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologicalscience.org\/publications\/observer\/obsonline\/annette-karmiloff-smith-past-aps-board-member-and-leading-expert-in-neurocognitive-development.html\">Obituary in the American Psychological Society Observer Magazine.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Karmiloff-Smith-APS-inmemoriam.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Karmiloff-Smith-APS-inmemoriam.jpg 609w, https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Karmiloff-Smith-APS-inmemoriam-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith CBE, FBA, FMedSci, MAE, CPsychol. (Licence et Doctorat en Psychologie G\u00c3\u00a9n\u00c3\u00a9tique et Exp\u00c3\u00a9rimentale, University of Geneva, Switzerland) 1938-2016.<br>Two chapters from her most influential books,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/KarmiloffSmith1992.pdf\">Beyond Modularity<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/rethinking_innateness_ch7.pdf\">Rethinking Innateness (co-authored)<\/a>. Her\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/psychology\/our-staff\/academic\/annette-karmiloff-smith\/karmiloff-smith\">departmental homepage<\/a>. Her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/people\/academic\/annette_original.html\">original homepage<\/a>\u00a0on joining DNL in 2006.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In memoriam Sadly, Annette Karmiloff-Smith died on 19th December, 2016, at the age of 78. Annette was a key member of the DNL, offering inspiration, guidance, and support since our inception. Many of her theoretical ideas underpin our research, and her sense of curiosity and fun will remain our guiding light. We will miss her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45,"parent":18,"menu_order":-100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Karmiloff-Smith.png",150,200,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Karmiloff-Smith-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Karmiloff-Smith.png",150,200,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Karmiloff-Smith.png",150,200,false],"large":["https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Karmiloff-Smith.png",150,200,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Karmiloff-Smith.png",150,200,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Karmiloff-Smith.png",150,200,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In memoriam Sadly, Annette Karmiloff-Smith died on 19th December, 2016, at the age of 78. Annette was a key member of the DNL, offering inspiration, guidance, and support since our inception. Many of her theoretical ideas underpin our research, and her sense of curiosity and fun will remain our guiding light. We will miss her&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":757,"href":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/757"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/dnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}