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Can current methods of pathonormal inference tell us anything about modularity?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1999

David W. Gow  and
Philip C. Rodkin
David W. Gow
Affiliation:
Neuropsychology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114 gow@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
Philip C. Rodkin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology: Social and Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 pcr@email.unc.edu
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Abstract

This commentary on Müller's target article is designed to help bridge the gap between method and theory in neurobiological approaches to language. We focus on pathonormal inference as reflective of broader conceptual issues concerning universality and modularity. Our commentary directs attention to how current methodological and analytic procedures are less than optimal and minimize possibilities for reaching theoretical consensus. We make suggestions about alternative analytic strategies that provide a direction for future scientific progress.

Type
Continuing Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , June 1999 , pp. 571 - 572
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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