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Title Brain, behavior, and learning in language and reading disorders / edited by Maria Mody and Elaine R. Silliman
Published Nww York : Guilford Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 400 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Series Challenges in language and literacy
Challenges in language and literacy.
Contents The nature of the interactions between brain, behavior, and experience : framing multiple perspectives / Maria Mody and Elaine R. Silliman -- Atypical neurodevelopmental variation as a basis for learning disorders / Jeffrey W. Gilger and Michael A. Wilkins -- Emergentism and language impairment in children : it's all about change / Julia L. Evans -- Critical periods in second-language learning : distinguishing phenomena from explanations / John T. Bruer -- The language-reading interface : associations and dissociations within an atypically developing system / Maria Mody and Elaine R. Silliman -- Defining and differentiating dysgraphia, dyslexia, and language learning disability within a working memory model / Virginia W. Berninger -- Processing measures of cognitive-linguistic interactions for children with language impairment and reading disabilities / Jennifer Windsor and Kathryn Kohnert -- Functional neuroimaging of normal and atypical spoken language / Deborah A. Weber and William Davis Gaillard -- Magnetoencephalographic indices of brain mechanisms for language comprehension / Panagiotis G. Simos, Shirin Sarkari, and Andrew C. Papanicolaou -- Dyslexia: a new look at neural substrates / Sally E. Shaywitz, Jeffrey R. Gruen, and Bennett A. Shaywitz -- Reading development in children at risk for dyslexia / Brian Byrne, Donald P. Shankweiler, and Donald W. Hine -- Learning to read and reading to learn : the interaction among cognitive capacity, linguistic abilities, and the learning environment / Maria Mody and Elaine R. Silliman -- Fostering form and meaning in emerging literacy using evidence-based practice / Ann van Kleeck and Elizabeth Norlander -- Language and reading development reflect dynamic mixes of learning conditions / Keith E. Nelson and Marnie E. Arkenberg -- Individual differences in oral language and reading : it's a matter of experience / Elaine R. Silliman and Maria Mody
Summary Grounded in cutting-edge research on brain-behavior relationships, this book explores how language and reading disorders develop--and presents exciting new approaches to examining and treating them. Experts from multiple disciplines investigate how children's learning trajectories in spoken and written language are shaped by the dynamic interplay of neurobiological, experiential, and behavioral processes. The volume includes innovative neuroimaging applications and other state-of-the-science techniques that help shed new light on childhood disorders such as dyslexia, language impairment, writi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Language disorders in children.
Language disorders.
Reading disability.
Neuropsychology.
Children.
Language Disorders -- therapy
Child
Learning Disabilities -- therapy
Language Disorders
children (people by age group)
MEDICAL -- Pediatrics.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health.
Children
Language disorders
Language disorders in children
Neuropsychology
Reading disability
Kinderpsychologie
Neuropsychologie
Sprachstörung
Lesestörung
Taalstoornissen.
Leesstoornissen.
Kinderen.
Neuropsychologie.
Form Electronic book
Author Mody, Maria.
Silliman, Elaine R.
ISBN 9781606231210
1606231219
128177412X
9781281774125