How children learn to read : current issues and new directions in the integration of cognition, neurobiology and genetics of reading and dyslexia research and practice / edited by Ken Pugh and Peggy McCardle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCardle, Peggy D.

Pugh, Ken.

Series:

Extraordinary brain series ; 10.

The extraordinary brain series ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading, Psychology of.

Reading--Physiological aspects.

Reading.

Cognition in children.

Dyslexia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Psychology Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book brings together in one volume information about the neurobiological, genetic, and behavioral bases of reading and reading disabilities. In recent years, research on assessment and treatment of reading disability (dyslexia) has become a magnet for the application of new techniques and technologies from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. This interdisciplinary fusion has yielded numerous and diverse findings regarding the brain basis of this syndrome, which are discussed in this volume by leading researchers. Intervention approaches based on such researc

Contents:

section 1. Major themes in the study of the neurobiology of dyslexia

section 2. Methods and tools

section 3. Neurobiological, genetic, and cognitive aspects

section 4. Intervention.

Notes:

"This volume marks the 10th symposium in the Extraordinary Brain Series"--p. xiv.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-87458-5

1-283-10526-8

9786613105264

1-136-87459-3

0-203-83800-9

9780203838006

OCLC:

714374312