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Nativism, neuroconstructivism, and developmental disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Philip Gerrans
Philip Gerrans
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australiaphilip.gerrans@adelaide.edu.au http://www.arts.adelaide.edu.au/Philosophy/pgerrans/
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Abstract

Either genetically specified modular cognitive architecture for syntactic processing does not exist (neuroconstructivism), or there is a module but its development is so abnormal in Williams syndrome (WS) that no conclusion can be drawn about its normal architecture (moderate nativism). Radical nativism, which holds that WS is a case of intact syntax, is untenable. Specific Language Impairment and WS create a dilemma that radical nativism cannot accommodate.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 6 , December 2002 , pp. 757 - 758
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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