Fig. 1: Consequences of enhancement and selective dysfunction in a competitive neural system.
From: Focusing on cognitive potential as the bright side of mental atypicality
a Sketch of neural brain systems (indicated by white circles) in a network characterized by mutually competitive competition (indicated by mutually inhibitory connections, see lines and black circles). b Consequences of selective cognitive enhancement: enhancing a system (in terms of its functioning and/or representational space) is likely to reduce the efficiency of other systems in the competitive network. c Hypothesized consequences of selective dysfunction of one system: another system or other systems might benefit from the lack of competition coming from the dysfunctional system.
