Abstract

SILVA, Túlio César da  and  GOMES, Claudia. Productions on Neuropsychology and their contributions to the (de)pathologization of education. Rev. psicopedag. [online]. 2021, vol.38, n.117, pp. 397-415. ISSN 0103-8486.  http://dx.doi.org/10.51207/2179-4057.20210033.

INTRODUCTION: This article aims to analyze the thematic link between Neuropsychology, Education and Inclusive Education, in order to map the theoretical contributions and methodological challenges for the systematic updating of repertoires that promote new constructions for inclusive education. METHODS: The study was based on a search for scientific articles published in SciELO between the years 2009 and 2019 based on the search descriptions "neuropsychology and education" and "neuropsychology and inclusive education". Based on the selection of 21 articles, a textual analysis was carried out that enabled the thematic categorization, based on the following analysis descriptors: "Favoring new / other social contexts", "Use x abuse of medicines", "Commitment / Cognitive Performance: what are we talking about"; "Executive functions: necessary advances"; "Testing vs. social stereotyping". RESULTS: As a result, we show that quantitatively, most studies occupy the domains of health sciences, derived from experimental research with a cognitive focus, while a minority occupies journals in the social / human sciences and education. Despite the theoretical and conceptual limits that reproduce a fragmented reading of human development, reinforcing a diagnostic focus that leads to drug abuse as an attempt to adjust, there are propositions based on Historical-Cultural Psychology that, qualitatively, constitute a possibility of aligning the Neuropsychology to inclusive educational actions. CONCLUSION: We conclude that for the advertising challenge in the democratization of educational opportunities, it is necessary to advance in the unveiling of the perverse material conditions that support the pillars of a peripheral capitalist society, as well as the psychosocial impacts implied in this, in the determination of our higher psychic functions.

Keywords : Neuropsychology; Inclusive Education; Medicalization; Historical-Cultural Psychology.

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