Determine the importance of Clinical Studies
The opportunity to investigate the conditions that influence stages of growth and development from gestation to infancy to early childhood and their impact on eventual neurobehavioural outcome is especially challenging. It is precisely these investigations that are being addressed now by researchers in neuroscience, psychology, and related fields concerned with neurodevelopment. Empirical data have only recently been more widely collected to verify or negate claims of clear casual connections between certain medical conditions and later cognitive functioning.