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ArticlePsychological review2019

Computational modeling of interventions for developmental disorders.

Michael S C Thomas, Anna Fedor, Rachael Davis, Juan Yang, Hala Alireza, Tony Charman, Jackie Masterson, Wendy Best

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Article in Psychological review, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Persistence and Fade-Out of Educational-Intervention Effects: Mechanisms and Potential Solutions.Psychological science in the public interest : a journal of the American Psychological Society · 2020
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  4. Article
  5. Annual Research Review: Educational neuroscience: progress and prospects.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Michael S C ThomasDevelopmental Neurocognition Lab.
Anna FedorMTA-ELTE Theoretical Biology and Evolutionary Ecology Research Group.
Rachael DavisDevelopmental Neurocognition Lab.ORCID 0000-0002-3887-6003
Juan YangDepartment of Computer Science.
Hala AlirezaDevelopmental Neurocognition Lab.
Tony CharmanInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience.ORCID 0000-0003-1993-6549
Jackie MastersonDepartment of Psychology and Human Development.ORCID 0000-0003-2869-6612
Wendy BestDivision of Psychology & Language Sciences.ORCID 0000-0001-8375-5916

Funding

Medical Research CouncilMedical Research Council G0300188Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We evaluate the potential of connectionist models of developmental disorders to offer insights into the efficacy of interventions. Based on a range of computational simulation results, we assess factors that influence the effectiveness of interventions for reading, language, and other cognitive developmental disorders. The analysis provides a level of mechanistic detail that is generally lacking in behavioral approaches to intervention. We review an extended program of modeling work in four sections. In the first, we consider long-term outcomes and the possibility of compensated outcomes and resolution of early delays. In the second section, we address methods to remediate atypical development in a single network. In the third section, we address interventions to encourage compensation via alternative pathways. In the final section, we consider the key issue of individual differences in response to intervention. Together with advances in understanding the neural basis of developmental disorders and neural responses to training, formal computational approaches can spur theoretical progress to narrow the gap between the theory and practice of intervention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

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Models, PsychologicalNeural Networks, ComputerOutcome Assessment, Health CareDevelopmental DisabilitiesHumansIndividuality

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PMID31169397
PMCPMC6776073

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