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

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 394 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Series Oxford series in developmental cognitive neuroscience Oxford series in developmental cognitive neuroscience 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 Summary 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's environment on development Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes English Print version record Subject Developmental disabilities. Williams syndrome. Developmental psychology. Developmental neurobiology. Cognition. Developmental Disabilities Williams Syndrome Human Development 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 Form Electronic book Author Farran, Emily K Karmiloff-Smith, Annette ISBN 9780191625619 0191625612 130622456X 9781306224567 0191625620 9780191625626

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