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Goal directed behavior and dyslexia

STS Instructor Authored by Giuseppe A. Chiarenza

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Study at a glance

Area
Learning & Development
Authors
Chiarenza GA
Journal
Prilozi
Year
2016
Population
Children
Protocol
scalp-recorded brain potentials during goal-directed tasks

Key findings

  • Contrasts reflex-based (cybernetic) and learning-based (cognitive) accounts of goal-directed behaviour
  • Describes a scalp EEG approach to studying how a person interacts with a task
  • Brain findings are said to match age stages for abstract thinking
  • Links the level of learning reached to brain maturation

DOI 10.1515/prilozi-2016-0002 → PubMed 27442417 →

A conceptual paper contrasting two accounts of purposeful behaviour: one that treats it as largely reflexive and self-regulating, and one that treats it as learned, partly by watching others. It presents a non-invasive scalp EEG method for studying how a person interacts with a task environment. The author reports that the brain measures fit with psychological theories placing abstract thinking at particular ages and with the view that brain maturation must be in place for learning to develop.