Document Type
Article
Program
Psychology (Pitzer)
Publication Date
8-2010
Keywords
Homology (biology), Development (psychology), Neural circuitry
Abstract
Neural reuse theories should interest developmental psychologists because these theories can potentially illuminate the developmental relations among psychological characteristics observed across the lifespan. Characteristics that develop by exploiting pre-existing neural circuits can be thought of as developmental homologues. And, understood in this way, the homology concept that has proven valuable for evolutionary biologists can be used productively to study psychological/behavioral development.
Rights Information
© 2010 Cambridge University Press
DOI
10.1017/S0140525X10001056
Recommended Citation
Moore, David S., and Chris Moore. "Neural Reuse as a Source of Developmental Homology." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 33.4 (2010): 284-285.
