CLINICAL SYNDROMES ARE NOT GODS GIFT TO COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY - A REPLY TO A REBUTTAL TO AN ANSWER TO A RESPONSE TO THE CASE AGAINST SYNDROME-BASED RESEARCH

In this paper we consider several issues about single-patient versus syndromebased research in response to E. Zurif, D. Swinney, and J. A. Fodor's (1991, Brain and Cognition, 16, 198-210) criticism of A. Caramazza and W. Badecker (1989, Brain and Cognition, 10, 256-295). We argue that these authors have failed to provide convincing arguments in favor of syndrome-based research. In particular, we show that the specific example-a study by D. Swinney, E. Zurif, and J. Nicol (1989, Journal of Cognitive Neurosciences, 1, 25-37)-given by these authors as a demonstration of the usefulness of syndrome-based research to inform theories of normal language processing does not in fact serve this purpose. © 1991.