Human, All Too Human: Euclidean and Multifractal Analysis in an Experimental Diagrammatic Model of Thinking

Labra-Spröhnle, Fabián

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22599-9_9

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“…Moreover, the methodological expression of this condition could be accounted in a "close-loop experimental paradigm" (Marken, 2009;Marken and Mansell, 2013) aimed to get "morphological" measures (Labra-Spröhnle, 2015), and without resorting to a faculties 1 or modular framework. Instead, behaviour and mental activities are conceived as integrative dynamic phenomena, organised in "functional systems" (Vygotsky, 1965;Anokhin, 1974;Luria, 1980;Labra-Spröhnle, 2016a and representational (implications) means (Piaget, 2006;Pezzulo, 2008;Piaget et al, 2013), and that methodologically, this parallel activity can be expressed in a relational framework (Piaget, 1963).…”

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“…Furthermore, this view acknowledges that the causal and implications aspect of mental activities shares a complex spatiotemporal patterns, manifested at different scales (Labra-Spröhnle, 2015, 2016a.…”

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“…The concept of EF, although not the term itself, originated in the former Soviet Union. In its original format, this concept integrated neurophysiological, psychological and socio-historical dimensions (Labra-Spröhnle, 2015, 2016a.…”

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“…By these means, inferences regulate and drive the organism-environment system from the very basic sensorimotor levels, as in unconscious innate reflex actions; right up to the highest goal-directed conscious cognitive activities (Peirce, 1998;Piaget et al, 2013;Labra-Spröhnle, 2016a). The fundamental role of the inferential processes (and their subordinated anticipatory behaviours) in the structure of any goal directed behaviour is paramount in the theory of functional systems (Anokhin, 1974) and in the theory of inferences from Peirce (1998), andPiaget (2013).…”

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“…To overcome this situation, a new approach is advocated herein to tackle EF assessment and the diagnosis of ADHD. The core of this proposal rests in a new conceptualisation and operationalization of EF that permits the mathematical description and classification of the dynamics of human inferential processes (Labra-Spröhnle, 2015, 2016a).…”

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Predictive Modelling of The Dynamic Patterns of Thinking in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnostic Accuracy of Spatiotemporal Fractal Measures

Labra-Spröhnle¹,

Smith

Ahammer

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Background: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by executive function (EF) dynamics disturbances.Notwithstanding, current advances in translational neuroscience, no ADHD objective, clinically useful, diagnostic marker is available to date. Objectives: Using a customized definition of EF and a new clinical paradigm, we performed a prospective diagnostic accuracy trial to assess the diagnostic value of several fractal measures from the thinking processes or inferences in a cohort of ADHD children and typically developing controls. Method: We included children from age five to twelve diagnosed with a reference standard based on case history, physical and neurological examination, Conners 3 rd Edition, and DSM-V TM . The index test consisted of a computer-based inference task with a set of eight different instances of the "Battleships" game to be solved. A consecutive series of 18 cases and 18 controls (n = 36) recruited at the primary paediatrics service from the Nelson Marlborough Health in New Zealand underwent the reference standard and the index test. Several fractal measures were obtained from the inference task to produce supervised classification models. Results: Notably, the summarized logistic regression's predicted probabilities from the eight games played by each children yielded a 100% classification accuracy, sensitivity and specificity in both a training and an independent testing/validating cohort. Conclusions: From a translational vantage point the expeditious method and the robust results make this technique a promising candidate to develop a screening, diagnostic and monitoring system for ADHD, and may serve to assess other EF disturbances.

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