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Unity and diversity in disorders of cognitive coordination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

William A. Phillips  and
Steven M. Silverstein
William A. Phillips*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, StirlingFK9 4LA, Scotland
Steven M. Silverstein*
Affiliation:
Center for Cognitive Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL60612
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[email protected]
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Abstract:

Studies of aging and autism as outlined by Bertone, Mottron, & Faubert (Bertone et al.) and by Faubert & Bertone suggest that disorders of cognitive coordination involving impairments of dynamic gestalt grouping and context-sensitivity may be common to several different disorders. We agree that such studies may shed light on these processes and their neuronal bases. However, we also emphasize that dynamic grouping and context-sensitivity can fail in various ways, and that, although the underlying pathophysiology may often involve NMDA-receptor malfunction, many different malfunctions are possible, and each of these may result from any one of a number of different etiologies.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 594 - 600
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Commentary onWilliam A. Phillips & Steven M. Silverstein (2003). Convergence of biological and psychological perspectives on cognitive coordination in schizophrenia. BBS 26(1):65–82.

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