This article argues that one dominant position in psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, and
philosophy about how genetic disorders point to the innate specification of dissociated …

Throughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding
predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment …

OBJECTIVE: To explore associations between developmental coordination disorder (DCD)
and attention, language, social skills, and academic ability in a population-based cohort …

Adult house mice produce ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) that are sexually dimorphic and
have features of song. To test whether USVs play a role in sexual courtship, we examined …

Could a mutation in a single gene be the evolutionary lynchpin supporting the development
of human language? A rare mutation in the molecule known as FOXP2 discovered in a …

This study tested the predictions of the procedural deficit hypothesis by investigating the
relationship between sequential statistical learning and two aspects of lexical ability, lexical …

Intact function of the Forkhead Box P2 (FOXP2) gene is necessary for normal development
of speech and language. This important role has recently been extended, first to other forms …

Annette Karmiloff-Smith was a seminal thinker in the field of child development in a career
spanning more than 45 years. She was the recipient of many awards, including the …

In this paper, I contrast approaches from adult neuropsychology that seek selective, domain-
specific deficits with approaches aimed at understanding the dynamics of developmental …

Neuroconstructivism, with many epistemological overlaps with Piagetian constructivism but
incorporating knowledge of brain structure and function, argues that if the adult brain is in …