The author considers two main concepts of minimal brain dysfunction: 1)
a continuum notion, in which minimal brain dysfunction is viewed as a
lesser variant of gross traumatic brain damage, and 2) a syndrome notion,
in which minimal brain dysfunction constitutes a genetically determined
disorder rather than a response to any form of injury. The evidence on the
former indicates that subclinical damage to the brain may occur and may
involve psychological sequelae-but the damage probably has to be rather
severe, and the result is not a homogeneous syndrome. The second
alternative remains a possibility, but the claims far outrun the empirical
findings that could justify them.Abstract Teaser