Practitioners frequently use diagnostic criteria to identify children with neurodevelopmental
disorders and to guide intervention decisions. These criteria also provide the organising …

The fundamental importance of prefrontal cortical connectivity to information processing and,
therefore, disorders of cognition, emotion, and behavior has been recognized for decades …

Developmental disorders and childhood learning difficulties encompass complex
constellations of relative strengths and weaknesses across multiple aspects of learning …

The reliance in psychology on verbal definitions means that psychological research is
unusually moored to how humans think and communicate about categories. Psychological …

Brain networks exist within the confines of resource limitations. As a result, a brain network
must overcome the metabolic costs of growing and sustaining the network within its physical …

Brain development is underpinned by complex interactions between neural assemblies,
driving structural and functional change. This neuroconstructivism (the notion that neural …

The formation of large-scale brain networks, and their continual refinement, represent crucial
developmental processes that can drive individual differences in cognition and which are …

Neurodevelopment is not merely a process of brain maturation, but an adaptation to
constraints unique to each individual and to the environments we co-create. However, our …

Neurodevelopmental disorders are categorized and studied according to their
manifestations as distinct syndromes. For instance, congenital prosopagnosia and dyslexia …

Children with dyslexia frequently also struggle with math. However, studies of reading
disability (RD) rarely assess math skill, and the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying co …