Cognitive neuroscience, development, and psychopathology : typical and atypical developmental trajectories of attention / edited by Jacob A. Burack, James T. Enns, Nathan A. Fox ; contributors Merav Ahissar [and twenty two others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burack, Jacob A.

Enns, James T.

Fox, Nathan A.

Ahissar, Merav.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive science.

Attention.

Psychology, Pathological.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The disciplines of cognitive neuroscience, development, and psychopathology are complementary in the study of human perception and attention. This volume unites scholars sharing common interests in the development of attention and related areas of functioning with different perspectives and methodologies.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Cognitive Neuroscience, Development, and Psychopathology: Integrating Perspectives on Typical and Atypical Trajectories of Attention; SECTION I: Atypical Environments, Threat, and the Development of Individual Differences in Attention; 2. Linking Early Adversity, Brain, and Developmental Psychopathology: A Review of Findings from Survivors of Extremely Low Birth Weight and Child Maltreatment; 3. Cognitive Bias Modification: The Effects of Training Paradigms

4. Attention and the Development of Anxiety Disorders: The Importance of Disentangling Reactive Versus Regulatory Components of AttentionSECTION II: The Organization of the Development of Attention in Typical and Atypical Processing; 5. Ontogenesis and Microgenesis of Visual Perceptual Organization; 6. Deficient Anchoring-A Potential Link Between Perceptual and Cognitive Difficulties Among Individuals with Dyslexia; 7. Autism: Beyond Weak Central Coherence; SECTION III: The Case of Orienting Attention in Developing an Integrated Science

8. Core Components of Flexibly Attending: Summary and Synthesis of Reflexive Orienting in Autism9. Social Cueing Elicits a Distinct Form of Visual Spatial Orienting: Evidence from Behavioral, Neuro-imaging, and Developmental Research; 10. Investigating Social Attention: A Case for Increasing Stimulus Complexity in the Laboratory; 11. Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms in Childhood Psychopathology: The Example of Abnormal Social Orienting in Autism; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P

QR; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-306-22438-1

0-19-804307-4

OCLC:

812066976