Neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan : a neuroconstructivist approach

Neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan : a neuroconstructivist approach / edited by Emily K. Farran and Annette Karmiloff-Smith.

This text presents evidence on development across the lifespan across multiple levels of description (genetic, brain cognitive, environmental). The authors use a well-defined disorder - Williams syndrome - to explore the impact of genes brain development, and behaviour as well as the individual'...

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Other Authors: Farran, Emily K., Karmiloff-Smith, Annette
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:Oxford series in developmental cognitive neuroscience.
Subjects:
Developmental disabilities.
Williams syndrome.
Developmental psychology.
Developmental neurobiology.
Cognition.
cognition.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
Cognition
Developmental disabilities
Developmental neurobiology
Developmental psychology
Williams syndrome
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction: Williams syndrome: A model for the neuroconstructivist approach; Part 1 Cognition, Brain, Genes; 1 Cognition: The developmental trajectory approach; 2 Brain: The neuroconstructivist approach; 3 Genes: The gene expression approach; Part 2 Clinical and Practical Outcomes; 4 Clinical profile: Diagnosis and prognosis; 5 Adult outcomes and integration into society; Part 3 Domain-General Processes; 6 Attention; 7 Sleep-related learning; 8 Memory; 9 Executive function and motor planning
  • Part 4 Domain-Specific ProcessesPart 4a Verbal Domain; 10 Precursors to language and early language; 11 Later language; Part 4b Visual Domain; 12 Visual perception and visuospatial cognition; 13 Spatial cognition, visuomotor action and attention; Part 4c Social Domain; 14 Face processing and social interaction; 15 Mental state understanding and social interaction; Part 4d Numeracy and Literacy; 16 Numeracy; 17 Literacy; Part 5 The Neuroconstructivist Approach to Domain-General and Domain-Specific Processes
  • 18 Integrating domain-general and domain-specific developmental processes: Cross-syndrome, cross-domain dynamicsConclusion: Future theoretical and empirical directions within a neuroconstructivist framework; Author Index; Subject Index

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