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Coconstructed functionality instead of functional normality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Shu-Chen Li  and
Ulman Lindenberger
Shu-Chen Li
Affiliation:
Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, D-14195 Berlin, Germanyshuchen@mpib-berlin.mpg.de http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
Ulman Lindenberger
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Saarland University, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germanylindenberger@mx.uni-saar land.de http://www.uni-saarland.de/fak5/lindenberger/members/ulman.htm
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Abstract

We agree with the critique of the Residual Normality assumption. Moreover, we challenge monolithic views of functional normality. Throughout life, development and adaptation require variations in cortical functional circuitry within and across individuals. We propose the principle of “coconstructed functionality” which maintains that brain-behavior functional correspondences are dynamically coproduced by neurobiological, experiential, and contextual processes.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 6 , December 2002 , pp. 761 - 762
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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