Neurodiversity: Connecting Neural Mechanisms to Cognitive Phenotypes
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2023) | Viewed by 2502
Special Issue Editor
Interests: psycholinguistics; syntactic processing; executive function; ADHD; dyslexia; au-tism spectrum disorders; eye movements; pupillometry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Neurodiversity is an increasingly mainstream way to conceptualize a variety of neurodevelopmental disorders (ASD, ADHD, and learning disabilities, such as dyslexia). The focus is on using person-first language, and the understanding that individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders are not deficient or defective but, instead, different. Moreover, there is wide variation in individual differences, even among “neurotypical/typically developing” individuals.
In this Special Issue, we invite papers specifically focusing on the neural mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders and how those give rise to cognitive profiles indicative of these “disorders”. We also welcome papers that focus on connecting neurological and cognitive phenotypes to more applied areas of research, including identification, intervention, and accommodation. Papers are welcome across the lifespan (from children to adults), and particularly those focusing on developmental trajectories. Consistent with the greater awareness and appreciation of neuro-differences, we also welcome papers which demonstrate areas in which individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders show increased performance/ability on cognitive tasks.
Dr. Paul E. Engelhardt
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- neurodiversity
- autism spectrum disorders
- attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- learning disabilities
- dyslexia
- cognitive phenotype
- intervention
- accommodation
