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Klappentext This book is the most detailed and complete overview of child neuropsychology available today. Zusammenfassung This book provides the broadest, most detailed survey of child neuropsychology available today. The first part offers a brief introdution to the development of the nervous system, including an up-to-date review of theories of lateralisation and sex differences. Part II covers newborn and infant assessment, critical periods, disconnection syndromes and other relevant issues in developmental neuropsychology. PartIII discusses in detail disorders of development such as anoxia, malnutrition, and head trauma. Part IV deals with functional disturbances, including neurological soft signs, attentional disorders, language disorders and emotional and behavioural disorders. The second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. It includes new discussion of such conditions as infant HIV infection and Tourette's syndrome, as well as new chapters on newborn and infant assessment and on cognitive development in relation to brain functions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Early-Life Neural and Cognitive Development 1: Principles of neural development 2: Chronology of gross neural development 3: Development of functional systems 4: Cerebral organization 5: Cognitive development Part II: Issues in Developmental Neuropsychology 6: Newborn and infant assessment 7: Critical periods, plasticity and recovery of function 8: Disconnection syndromes 9: Classification, epidemiology, and research designs Part III: Disorders of Development and their Consequences 10: Chromosomal and genetic disorders 11: Structural abnormalities 12: Prematurity and low birth weight 13: Infections 14: Toxic damage 15: Nutritional disorders 16: Anoxic episoders 17: Traumatic brain injury 18: Focal neurological disorders 19: Convulsive disorders 20: Hemispherectomy and other surgical manipulations Part IV: Disturbances of Function 21: Soft neurological signs and their significance 22: Attentional disorders and hyperactivity ...
