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Further routes to psychological constructionism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2012

Courtney Humeny ,
Deirdre Kelly  and
Andrew Brook
Courtney Humeny
Affiliation:
Institute of Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada. chumeny@connect.carleton.cadkelly@connect.carleton.caAndrew_Brook@carleton.cawww.carleton.ca/~abrook
Deirdre Kelly
Affiliation:
Institute of Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada. chumeny@connect.carleton.cadkelly@connect.carleton.caAndrew_Brook@carleton.cawww.carleton.ca/~abrook
Andrew Brook
Affiliation:
Institute of Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada. chumeny@connect.carleton.cadkelly@connect.carleton.caAndrew_Brook@carleton.cawww.carleton.ca/~abrook
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Abstract

In this commentary, we do two things. First, we sketch two further routes to psychological constructionism. They are complementary to Lindquist et al.'s meta-analyses and have potential to add new evidence. Second, we look at a challenging kind of case for constructionism, namely, emotional anomalies where there are correlated, and probably relevant, brain anomalies. Psychopaths are our example.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , June 2012 , pp. 153 - 154
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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