Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2013) Challenging the use of adult neuropsychological models for explaining neurodevelopmental disorders: developed versus developing brains. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 66 (1), pp. 1-14. ISSN 1747-0218.
Abstract
In this paper, I contrast approaches from adult neuropsychology that seek selective, domain-specific deficits with approaches aimed at understanding the dynamics of developmental trajectories in children with genetic disorders. I stress the crucial difference between developed brains damaged in their mature state, and atypically developing brains. I also challenge the search for single genes to explain selective cognitive-level outcomes. Throughout, the paper argues that it is critical to trace cognitive-level deficits back to their basic-level processes in infancy, where genes are likely to exert their early influences, if we are to understand both the impairments and proficiencies displayed in children with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | adult neuropsychology, infant development, genetic disorders, neuroconstructivism |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Brain and Cognitive Development, Centre for (CBCD) |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Aug 2015 16:18 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:18 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/12679 |
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