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Annette Karmiloff-Smith (2013). Challenging the use of adult neuropsychological models for explaining neurodevelopmental disorders: Develop ed versus develop ing brains. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 66(1), 1-14. SAGE Publications.
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 develop ed brains damaged in their mature state, and atypically develop ing 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.
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