| Abstract: | Addresses the mutual leavening of, and interplay between, science and practice in clinical neuropsychology in terms of several principles that are thought to have rather general applicability. These principles concern several types of validity; mechanism and dynamics; answers vs questions; the role of insight, model building, and theory in science; and deconstructionism and other ideological fads. An example is provided of the interactions between science and practice in the case of the development of the syndrome of nonverbal learning disabilities and the "white matter" model designed to account for its developmental manifestations and dynamics. It is concluded that clinical practice and the science of neuropsychology should continue to reap considerable benefit from the principles nascent in the scientist–practitioner model. (French abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
