What are the Temporal Factors of Abnormality
Given the on going schedule of postnatal neurodevelopment, the age of the child at the time of exposure and the behaviour can have a significant effect on the type of neuropsychological damage and dysfunction. Given the ongoing development of brain connectivity and the progressively greater reliance on the more complex cognitive and behavioural functions during school age, adolescence, and young adulthood, the actual damage or dysfunction resulting from brain injury or disorder may not be fully realised until years after the child's exposure.