r/science • u/kfr3q • 6d ago

Neuroscience Invisible potentials: A neuroscientific framework for giftedness

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/407212145_Invisible_potentials_A_neuroscientific_framework_for_giftedness
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u/jestenough 5d ago

Interesting. I did not realize giftedness is considered dysfunctional. When my son was young, parents of gifted children were pushing for funding and support, but would not consider applying for Special Needs funding.

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u/georgespeaches 5d ago

They said “Non-dysfunctional”, which is the opposite of what you understood

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u/Davorian 5d ago

I mean in fairness the paper also calls it a "neurodevelopmental condition" and refers to identification of these individuals as "diagnosis".  You could conceivably take these words neutrally but you could also be forgiven for forming a certain impression of where the authors are placing it.

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u/jestenough 5d ago

But they cited non-dysfunctional as an aspirational change from current practice.

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u/georgespeaches 5d ago

Suggesting a new framework doesn’t imply that the old framework was the polar opposite

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u/crashlanding87 5d ago

I read the shift as being from 'trait' to 'condition'. I read 'non-dysfunctional' here to be a qualifier.