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EPS Mid-Career Award 2005 Developmental cognitive genetics : How psychology can inform genetics and vice versa
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bishop, Dorothy V. M. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | Developmental neuropsychology is concerned with uncovering the underlying basis of developmental disorders such as specific language impairment (SLI), developmental dyslexia, and autistic disorder. Twin and family studies indicate that genetic influences play an important part in the aetiology of all of these disorders, yet progress in identifying genes has been slow. One way forward is to cut loose from conventional clinical criteria for diagnosing disorders and to focus instead on measures of underlying cognitive mechanisms. Psychology can inform genetics by clarifying what the key dimensions are for heritable phenotypes. However, it is not a one-way street. By using genetically informative designs, one can gain insights about causal relationships between different cognitive deficits. For instance, it has been suggested that low-level auditory deficits cause phonological problems in SLI. However, a twin study showed that, although both types of deficit occur in SLI, they have quite different origins, with environmental factors more important for auditory deficit, and genes more important |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://personal.us.es/cvm/docs/bishop/bishop_2006.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
