PLIC55H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Williams Syndrome, Dyslexia, Mental Age
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Neurolinguist: study how the physical brain related to lang behaviour. Study of the brain proves difficult because it is not made up of clearly separable parts, the brain has a huge number of functions with varying complexity. 3. 1 what can genetic disorders tell us about brain systems? (pg. Brain systems and behavioural syndromes: a strategy for isolating which brain systems are separate is to study disorders of thought and behaviour that have a genetic basis, syndrome: occurring together in greek. Symptoms that collectively characterize a medical/psychological disorder/condition: double dissociation: simultaneous existence of a situation in which lang is impaired but other cognitive skills are normal, or vice versa, supports notion that lang & cognition are separable neural systems. Normality for dms: a comparison of typical and atypical groups at the same mental age can determine skill level more broadly, can match study groups based on skill level (ex. matching vocab level)
