Understanding Developmental Disorders: A Causal Modelling ApproachA long-awaited book from developmental disorders expert John Morton, Understanding Developmental Disorders: A Causal Modelling Approach makes sense of the many competing theories about what can go wrong with early brain development, causing a child to develop outside the normal range.
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... syndrome is an example here. In other cases the labels have deeper significance, with the defining features being more complex – autism is a good example here. One of the problems with the labels is that different people mean different ...
... syndrome is an example here. In other cases the labels have deeper significance, with the defining features being more complex – autism is a good example here. One of the problems with the labels is that different people mean different ...
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... syndrome. The major exception is in the chapter on conduct disorder (chapter 9), where, following Krol et al. (2004), I look at the structure of the main theories of conduct disorder, which are not causal in nature. It is worth noting ...
... syndrome. The major exception is in the chapter on conduct disorder (chapter 9), where, following Krol et al. (2004), I look at the structure of the main theories of conduct disorder, which are not causal in nature. It is worth noting ...
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... syndrome could read non-words and yet failed on certain phoneme segmentation tasks. These are tasks in which the children are asked to play games with sounds. For example, they might be asked to delete the first sound in the word 'table ...
... syndrome could read non-words and yet failed on certain phoneme segmentation tasks. These are tasks in which the children are asked to play games with sounds. For example, they might be asked to delete the first sound in the word 'table ...
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... Syndrome children and predict that they fail both on iPA dependent tasks and on other metalinguistic tasks. (Morton & Frith 1993a, p. 295) I predict that most ofyou will not have too easy a time with the above passage. In fact, in ...
... Syndrome children and predict that they fail both on iPA dependent tasks and on other metalinguistic tasks. (Morton & Frith 1993a, p. 295) I predict that most ofyou will not have too easy a time with the above passage. In fact, in ...
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... the gap between a chromosomal abnormality such as trisomy 21 and the anatomical condition of mongoloid eye folds in Down's syndrome. 2 INTRODUCING COGNITION In chapter 1, I introduced various notions introducing cause 19.
... the gap between a chromosomal abnormality such as trisomy 21 and the anatomical condition of mongoloid eye folds in Down's syndrome. 2 INTRODUCING COGNITION In chapter 1, I introduced various notions introducing cause 19.
Contents
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A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 2 Introducing Cognition | 20 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 3 Representing Causal Relationships Technical and Formal Considerations | 34 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 4 Autism How Causal Modelling Started | 67 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 5 The What and the How | 98 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 6 Competing Causal Accounts of Autism | 106 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 7 The Problem of Diagnosis | 133 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 8 A Causal Analysis of Dyslexia | 161 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 9 The Hyperkinetic Confusions | 208 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 10 Theories of Conduct Disorder | 227 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 11 Tying in Biology | 247 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Chapter 12 To Conclude | 270 |
A Causal Modelling Approach References | 273 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Name Index | 292 |
A Causal Modelling Approach Subject Index | 296 |
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Understanding Developmental Disorders: A Causal Modelling Approach John Morton No preview available - 2005 |
Understanding Developmental Disorders: A Causal Modelling Approach John Morton No preview available - 2008 |
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ability ADHD antisocial behaviour autistic children autistic signs behaviour Figure behaviour genetic behavioural level biological level biological origin biology cognition behaviour Blair brain abnormality brain cognition behaviour brain difference Caspi and Moffitt causal chain causal model cause cause of autism central coherence chapter child claim cognitive deficit cognitive factors cognitive function cognitive level cognitive processes component condition conduct disorder correlation developmental disorders diagnosis diagram Down’s syndrome dyslexia dyslexic effects elements environment environmental example executive dysfunction executive function EXPRAIS false belief task Frith frontal lobe gene genetic GP system hyperactivity hypothesis impairment individual interaction kinds lack language lead learning mechanism mental Morton neural neurons normal development notation particular performance phenotype phonological deficit phonological processing difficulty possible predictions problems psychopathy reason relation represent representation response Ritalin shown in figure social specific syndrome theories of autism Theory of Mind ToMM underlying Uta Frith variability verbal visual