Atypical Cognitive Deficits in Developmental Disorders : Implications for Brain Function

ISBN-13: 9780805811803 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 360 str.

Broman; Sarah H. Broman; Jordan Grafman

Opis

This volume discusses the research findings from studies of autism and Williams and Turner syndromes. Using neurobiological and behavioural techniques, these studies can provide insights into the localization of cognitive function and the developmental course of atypical cognitive profiles.

Recenzje

"This book has been a pleasure to read and review. Such consistently high-level essays are rare in edited books, but in this case it is understandable given the participants of the workshop. I found myself informed as a clinician and researcher, not only in terms of content but more importantly in terms of methodology..."
—Contemporary Psychology

"...this monograph provides incisive, insightful, broad but focused epistemologic discussions of issues that investigators of children's cognition, language, social ability, and other behaviors, and their relation to underlying brain maturation, ignore at their own peril. Held at the start of the Decade of the Brain, the conference on Atypical Cognitive Deficits in Developmental Disorders: Implications for Brain Function aptly sets the scene for the Decade by laying out the requirements for conceptually, methodologically, and technologically sound multidisciplinary research in this area. It provides investigators with thoughtful and rich essays they will want to ponder, return to, and discuss throughout the Decade of the Brain."
—Dr. Isabelle Rapin
Albert Einstein College of Medicine from the Foreword

Spis treści

Contents: I. Rapin, Foreword. L.P. Lipsitt, Preface. S.H. Broman, J. Grafman, Introduction. Part I:Cognition and Neurostructure. P.S. Goldman-Rakic, Specification of Higher Cortical Functions. Part II:Studies of Developmental Disorders. Section I:Williams Syndrome. U. Bellugi, P.P. Wang, T.L. Jernigan, Williams Syndrome: An Unusual Neuropsychological Profile. T.L. Jernigan, U. Bellugi, Neuroanatomical Distinctions Between Williams and Down Syndromes. H.J. Neville, D.L. Mills, U. Bellugi, Effects of Altered Auditory Sensitivity and Age of Language Acquisition on the Development of Language-Relevant Neural Systems: Preliminary Studies of Williams Syndrome. Section II:Autism. E. Schopler, Neurobiologic Correlates in the Classification and Study of Autism. E. Courchesne, J.P. Townsend, N.A. Akshoomoff, R. Yeung- Courchesne, G.A. Press, J.W. Murakami, A.J. Lincoln, H.E. James, O. Saitoh, B. Egaas, R.H. Haas, L. Schreibman, A New Finding: Impairment in Shifting Attention in Autistic and Cerebellar Patients. M. Sigman, What Are the Core Deficits in Autism? L. Waterhouse, Severity of Impairment in Autism. Section III:Turner Syndrome. B.J. White, The Turner Syndrome: Origin, Cytogenetic Variants, and Factors Influencing the Phenotype. B.G. Bender, M.G. Linden, A. Robinson, Neurocognitive and Psychosocial Phenotypes Associated with Turner Syndrome. R. Johnson, Jr., J.L. Ross, Event-Related Potential Indications of Altered Brain Development in Turner Syndrome. Part III:Research Methods. E. Bates, M. Appelbaum, Methods of Studying Small Samples: Issues and Examples. Part IV:Commentary. M.B. Denckla, Interpretations of a Behavioral Neurologist. J.M. Fletcher, Afterword: Behavior-Brain Relationships in Children.

O autorze

Sarah H. Broman, Jordan Grafman