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Ontogeny, Genetics, and Evolution: A Perspective from Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Biological Theory, ISSN: 1555-5550, Vol: 1, Issue: 1, Page: 44-51
2006
  • 7
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 21
    Captures
  • 0
    Mentions
  • 2
    Social Media
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  • Citations
    7
    • Citation Indexes
      7
  • Captures
    21
  • Social Media
    2
    • Shares, Likes & Comments
      2
      • Facebook
        2

Article Description

The study of genetic developmental disorders originally seemed to hold the promise for those of a nativist persuasion of demonstrating pure dissociations between different cognitive functions, as well as the existence of innately specified modules in the brain and the direct mapping of mutated genes to specific cognitive-level outcomes. However, more recent research within a neuroconstructivist perspective has challenged this promise, arguing that earlier researchers lost sight of one fundamental explanatory factor in both the typical and atypical case: the actual process of ontogenetic development. The paper is divided into three parts on evolution, genetics, and ontogeny. Each section starts by examining nativist claims about innateness and modularity of function, and subsequently evaluates them within a neuroconstructivist approach to human development.

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