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The importance of ontogenetic change in typical and atypical development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2010

Tessa M. Dekker  and
Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Tessa M. Dekker
Affiliation:
Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1 7HX, United Kingdom. tdekke01@students.bbk.ac.ukhttp://www.psyc.bbk.ac.uk/research/DNL/personalpages/tessa.htmla.karmiloff-smith@bbk.ac.ukhttp://www.bbk.ac.uk/psyc/staff/academic/annettekarmilofsmith
Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Affiliation:
Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1 7HX, United Kingdom. tdekke01@students.bbk.ac.ukhttp://www.psyc.bbk.ac.uk/research/DNL/personalpages/tessa.htmla.karmiloff-smith@bbk.ac.ukhttp://www.bbk.ac.uk/psyc/staff/academic/annettekarmilofsmith
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Abstract

The compelling case that Anderson makes for neural reuse and against modularity as organizing principle of the brain is further supported by evidence from developmental disorders. However, to provide a full evolutionary-developmental theory of neural reuse that encompasses both typical and atypical development, Anderson's “massive redeployment hypothesis” (MRH) could be further constrained by considering brain development across ontogeny.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , August 2010 , pp. 271 - 272
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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