The relevance of developmental-psychobiological metatheory to developmental neuropsychology

Authors
Gottlieb, G
Citation
G. Gottlieb, The relevance of developmental-psychobiological metatheory to developmental neuropsychology, DEV NEUROPS, 19(1), 2001, pp. 1-9
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
ISSN journal
87565641 → ACNP
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1 - 9
Database
ISI
SICI code
8756-5641(2001)19:1<1:TRODMT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
This article reviews 4 aspects of developmental-psychobiological metatheory that are of particular relevance to developmental conceptions of neuropsyc hology: probabilistic epigenesis, the various roles of experience in affect ing the development of the nervous system, and the developmental principles of equifinality and equipotentiality, the latter being especially pertinen t to the understanding of compensatory phenomena observed in studies of ear ly brain damage.