The paradigm of complexity in clinical neurocognitive science.
Neurocognitive science represents the modern approach to integrating the subdisciplines aimed at a scientific study of the brain-mind system. This relatively new discipline recognizes, implicitly or explicitly, that this is a complex system whose states and processes are determined by multiple bio-psycho-social variables and order parameters. In a generic perspective, all neurocognitive science is complex, as it is multidisciplinary, but in some studies, complexity has become a more defined scientific paradigm using its own specific empirical and theoretical tools. Some neuroscientists consider complexity science as a specific and formalized paradigm. Between their contributions, the author will try to highlight some current promising paths and new frontiers for neuroscience. In this perspective, he will mostly focus on those contributions directly related to clinical perspectives. This is the reason why some seminal contributions more focused on physiological functioning might not be mentioned.
Orsucci
Franco F
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Department of Psychology, Sub-department of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K. f.orsucci@ucl.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D019336:Cognitive Science / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000639:trends*; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D013598:Systems Theory