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Neuromaturational theories

Posted byBrian Hopkins May 22, 2019

Theories supposedly holding the view that development is determined solely by the genetic regulation of maturational processes.  On closer inspection, no such monocausal theories exist since at least the end of the 19th century, at least in embryology.  

See Neural determinism, Neuromaturation, Radical behaviorism (or environmentalism)

Posted byBrian HopkinsMay 22, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: glossary

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