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Microgenesis: A Genesis From Prototheory to Neuropsychology

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Cognitive Microgenesis

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A primary question for any microgenetic theory is the question of the nature of nonimmediate changes in the percept over time. A second question is how to characterize, depict, or describe such changes. Most micro-geneticists have used the construct of stages to describe qualitative changes in percept development. As Draguns (1984) pointed out, the construct of stage is both useful and problematic. The construct of stages provides a sense of orderliness, descriptive clarity, of conservation if you will, for our understanding of the nature of change. Yet the concept of stage may also blind us to subtler characteristics of processes that are subsumed in the coarser distinctions characterizing a stage.

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  1. Departments of Rehabilitation and Neuropsychology, University of California at Los Angeles, 300 U.C.L.A. Medical Plaza, B100, 90024, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Robert E. Hanlon PhD

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Cegalis, J.A. (1991). Microgenesis: A Genesis From Prototheory to Neuropsychology. In: Hanlon, R.E. (eds) Cognitive Microgenesis. Springer Series in Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3056-4_6

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