Challenging the use of adult neuropsychological models for explaining neurodevelopmental disorders: developed versus developing brains
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 |
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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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