Human behavior, learning, and the developing brain. Atypical development / edited by Donna Coch, Geraldine Dawson, Kurt W. Fischer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coch, Donna.

Dawson, Geraldine.

Fischer, Kurt W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developmental disabilities.

Developmental psychobiology.

Cognitive neuroscience.

Physical Description:

xviii, 378 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, 2007.

Summary:

Thoroughly examining brain-behavior relationships in atypically developing children, this important volume integrates theories and data from multiple disciplines. Leading authorities present research on specific clinical problems, including autism, Williams syndrome, learning and language disabilities, ADHD, and issues facing infants of diabetic mothers. In addition, the effects of social stress and maltreatment on brain development and behavior are reviewed. Demonstrating the uses of cutting-edge methods from developmental neuroscience, developmental psychology, and cognitive science, the contributors emphasize the implications of their findings for real-world educational and clinical practices. Illustrations include eight pages in full color.

Contents:

A developmental cognitive neuroscience approach to the study of atypical development : a model system involving infants of diabetic mothers / Charles A. Nelson

Development of social brain circuitry in autism / Geraldine Dawson and Raphael Bernier

Brain mechanisms underlying social perception deficits in autism / Kevin A. Pelphrey and Elizabeth J. Carter

Williams syndrome : a model developmental syndrome for exploring brain-behavior relationships / Helen Tager-Flusberg and Daniela Plesa Skwerer

Triangulating developmental dyslexia : behavior, brain, and genes / Elena L. Grigorenko

Typical reading development and deveopmental dyslexia across languages / Usha Goswami

Neurocognitive correlates of developmental verbal and orofacial dyspraxia / Frederique Liogeois, Angela Morgan, and Faraneh Vargha-Khadem

Relation between early measures of brain responses to language stimuli and childhood performance on language and language-related tasks / Dennis L. Molfese, Victoria J. Molfese, and Peter J. Molfese

Number sense and developmental dyscalculia / Anna J. Wilson and Stanislas Dehaene

Central nervous system subrates of impulsivity : implications for the development of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder / Lisa M. Gatzke-Kopp and Theodore P. Beauchaine

Social regulation of the adrenocortical response to stress in infants, children and adolescents : implications for psychopathology and education / Emma K. Adam, Bonnie Klimes-Dougan, and Megan R. Gunnar

Child maltreatment and the development of alternate pathways in biology and behavior / Catherine C. Ayoub and Gabrielle Rappolt-Schlichtmann

Corticolimbic circuitry and psychopathology : development of the corticolimbic system / Francine M. Benes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-59385-667-9

OCLC:

614497329