Journal article
Cortical differentiation and neurocognitive development: The parcellation conjecture
Behavioural processes, Vol.36(2), pp.195-212
1996
DOI: 10.1016/0376-6357(95)00028-3
PMID: 24896686
Abstract
This paper reviews evidence consistent with the Parcellation Conjecture. Briefly, this conjecture states that in postnatal development cortical parcellation processes result in previously combined information processing pathways or structures becoming segregated into relatively isolated modules. Evidence consistent with the parcellation conjecture from several aspects of behavioral development are reviewed, including the development of binocular vision, cross-modal integration, and interhemispheric transfer. Predictions are made in other domains where existing evidence is unclear such as motion and color sensitivity, and somatosensory perception. Finally, we speculatively extend the notion of parcellation to more cognitive domains such as the development of priming and interference effects.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cortical differentiation and neurocognitive development: The parcellation conjecture
- Creators
- Mark H Johnson - MRC Cognitive Development Unit, 4 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BT, UKShaun P Vecera - Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Behavioural processes, Vol.36(2), pp.195-212
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- DOI
- 10.1016/0376-6357(95)00028-3
- PMID
- 24896686
- ISSN
- 0376-6357
- eISSN
- 1872-8308
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1996
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984066131702771
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