ArticleCurrent directions in psychological science2020
Beyond the Core-Deficit Hypothesis in Developmental Disorders.
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Transdiagnostic Dimensional Profiling of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Using a Digital Platform to Assess Domain-General and Domain Specific Cognitive Functions
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Abstract
Developmental disorders and childhood learning difficulties encompass complex constellations of relative strengths and weaknesses across multiple aspects of learning, cognition, and behavior. Historically, debate in developmental psychology has been focused largely on the existence and nature of core deficits-the shared mechanistic origin from which all observed profiles within a diagnostic category emerge. The pitfalls of this theoretical approach have been articulated multiple times, but reductionist, core-deficit accounts remain remarkably prevalent. They persist because developmental science still follows the methodological template that accompanies core-deficit theories-highly selective samples, case-control designs, and voxel-wise neuroimaging methods. Fully moving beyond "core-deficit" thinking will require more than identifying its theoretical flaws. It will require a wholesale rethink about the way we design, collect, and analyze developmental data.
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