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    Environmental and genetic influences on neurocognitive development: the importance of multiple methodologies and time-dependent intervention

    Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Casey, B.J. and Massand, Esha and Tomalski, Przemyslaw and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2014) Environmental and genetic influences on neurocognitive development: the importance of multiple methodologies and time-dependent intervention. Clinical Psychological Science 2 (5), pp. 628-637. ISSN 2167-7026.

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    Abstract

    Genetic mutations and environmental factors dynamically influence gene expression and developmental trajectories at the neural, cognitive, and behavioral levels. The examples in this article cover different periods of neurocognitive development—early childhood, adolescence, and adulthood—and focus on studies in which researchers have used a variety of methodologies to illustrate the early effects of socioeconomic status and stress on brain function, as well as how allelic differences explain why some individuals respond to intervention and others do not. These studies highlight how similar behaviors can be driven by different underlying neural processes and show how a neurocomputational model of early development can account for neurodevelopmental syndromes, such as autism spectrum disorders, with novel implications for intervention. Finally, these studies illustrate the importance of the timing of environmental and genetic factors on development, consistent with our view that phenotypes are emergent, not predetermined.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): developmental disorders, environmental effects, genetics, memory
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences
    Research Centres and Institutes: Educational Neuroscience, Centre for, Birkbeck Knowledge Lab, Brain and Cognitive Development, Centre for (CBCD)
    Depositing User: Annette Karmiloff Smith
    Date Deposited: 03 Apr 2014 09:29
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:09
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/9140

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