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TY - JOUR
T1 - Neural Process Models Can Help Keep Theory at the Forefront of Developmental Neuroscience
T2 - Commentary on Marshall, Arsalidou, Rueda, Crone and van Drunen
AU - Spencer, J.P.
AU - Johns, E.
PY - 2024/12/31
Y1 - 2024/12/31
N2 - We discuss the four chapters in this special issue, focusing on three key questions: (1) what developmental theories are being used across chapters; (2) what neuroscience methods are being used; and (3) how are these integrated? We organize our discussion by chapter moving from the broadest conceptual chapter by Peter Marshall through to the integration of theory and methods by Crone and van Drunen. We end by discussing work that is missing from the special issue that uses neural process models to integrate developmental theory with cognitive neuroscience methods. We highlight how this approach can yield a tighter integration between theory and methods, enabling researchers to test specific hypotheses about the mechanisms that underlie change in development. We suggest that this approach might prove to be a particularly effective way to keep theory at the forefront of developmental neuroscience.
AB - We discuss the four chapters in this special issue, focusing on three key questions: (1) what developmental theories are being used across chapters; (2) what neuroscience methods are being used; and (3) how are these integrated? We organize our discussion by chapter moving from the broadest conceptual chapter by Peter Marshall through to the integration of theory and methods by Crone and van Drunen. We end by discussing work that is missing from the special issue that uses neural process models to integrate developmental theory with cognitive neuroscience methods. We highlight how this approach can yield a tighter integration between theory and methods, enabling researchers to test specific hypotheses about the mechanisms that underlie change in development. We suggest that this approach might prove to be a particularly effective way to keep theory at the forefront of developmental neuroscience.
U2 - 10.1159/000541024
DO - 10.1159/000541024
M3 - Journal article
VL - 68
SP - 276
EP - 282
JO - Human Development
JF - Human Development
SN - 0018-716X
IS - 5-6
ER -