TY - JOUR
T1 - The assumptions of cognitive neuropsychology
T2 - reflections on Caramazza (1984, 1986)
AU - Coltheart, Max
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Approximately 30 years ago, Caramazza (1984. The logic of neuropsychological research and the problem of patient classification in aphasia. Brain and Language, 21, 9–20; 1986. On drawing inferences about the structure of normal cognitive systems from the analysis of patterns of impaired performance. Brain and Language, 5, 41–66) proposed that cognitive neuropsychology needs to make four assumptions in order for its inferences from pathological performance to the structure of intact cognitive systems to be justifiable. These assumptions were: fractionation, modularity, transparency and universality. Analysis of the current status of these assumptions leads me to conclude that all four remain defensible today.
AB - Approximately 30 years ago, Caramazza (1984. The logic of neuropsychological research and the problem of patient classification in aphasia. Brain and Language, 21, 9–20; 1986. On drawing inferences about the structure of normal cognitive systems from the analysis of patterns of impaired performance. Brain and Language, 5, 41–66) proposed that cognitive neuropsychology needs to make four assumptions in order for its inferences from pathological performance to the structure of intact cognitive systems to be justifiable. These assumptions were: fractionation, modularity, transparency and universality. Analysis of the current status of these assumptions leads me to conclude that all four remain defensible today.
KW - modularity
KW - fractionation
KW - cognitive universality
KW - transparency
KW - subtractivity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85019584563&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02643294.2017.1324950
DO - 10.1080/02643294.2017.1324950
M3 - Article
C2 - 28514877
AN - SCOPUS:85019584563
SN - 0264-3294
VL - 34
SP - 397
EP - 402
JO - Cognitive Neuropsychology
JF - Cognitive Neuropsychology
IS - 7-8
ER -