Neuropsychology Arena

Neurocognitive Approaches to Developmental Disorders: A Festschrift for Uta Frith

A Special Issue of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

• Edited by Dr Dorothy Bishop, Margaret Snowling and Sarah-Jayne Blakemore.

Published December 2007

Uta Frith has been an outstandingly influential figure in the field of developmental neuropsychology for over 40 years, and is internationally renowned for her work on developmental cognitive disorders. Her scholarly influence has defined contemporary research on atypical development, notably in…
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Encephalitis: Assessment and Rehabilitation Across the Lifespan

A Special Issue of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

• Edited by Bonnie-Kate Dewar, and Huw Williams.

Published September 2007

Encephalitis - inflammation of the brain - has significant cognitive, behavioural and emotional consequences. This special edition describes the pathway of recovery following encephalitis, from medical management to assessment, rehabilitation and community support and advocacy. The…
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Early Experience, the Brain, and Consciousness

An Historical and Interdisciplinary Synthesis

• By Thomas C. Dalton, and Victor W. Bergenn.

Published May 2007

This new book examines the interrelationship between neuroscience and developmental science to help us understand how children differ in their capacity to benefit from their early motor and cognitive experiences. In so doing, it helps us better understand how experience affects brain growth and a…
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Sickle Cell Disease: “Brain Injury by Blood”

A Special Issue of Child Neuropsychology

• Edited by Leslie Berkelhammer.

Published March 2007

This special issue reviews the literature on the neuropsychological sequelae and CNS complications of pediatric sickle cell disease while also emphasizing the integration of neuro psychology which is critical for interfacing with these patients. Executive dysfunction related to frontal infarcts,…
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Autism Spectrum Disorders

A Special Issue of Child Neuropsychology

• Edited by Natacha Akshoomoff.

Published November 2006

Children with autism spectrum disorders share a pervasive impairment in the development of reciprocal social interaction skills but vary in their verbal and nonverbal communication skills and various restricted and repetitive behaviors. This variability presents challenges for developmental and…
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Gaze-Following

Its Development and Significance

• Edited by Ross Flom, Kang Lee and Darwin Muir.

Published September 2006

What does a child’s ability to look where another is looking tell us about his or her early cognitive development? What does this ability—or lack thereof—tell us about a child’s language development, understanding of other’s intentions, and the emergence of autism?…
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Working Memory and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

• Edited by Tracy Packiam Alloway, and Susan E. Gathercole.

Published August 2006

Short-term or working memory - the capacity to hold and manipulate information mentally over brief periods of time - plays an important role in supporting a wide range of everyday activities, particularly in childhood. Children with weak working memory skills often struggle in key areas…
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Selective Deficits in Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology

A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology

• Edited by Bradley C. Duchaine.

Published July 2006

Traditionally, cognitive neuropsychology has focused on selective impairments in individuals who suffered brain damage as adults. However, in recent years, there have been a number of cognitive neuropsychological studies of selective impairments due to developmental deficits. Papers in Selective…
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A Young Mind in a Growing Brain

• By Jerome Kagan, and Norbert Herschkowitz.

Published May 2005

A Young Mind in a Growing Brain summarizes some initial conclusions that follow simultaneous examination of the psychological milestones of human development during its first decade and what has been learned about brain growth. This volume proposes that development is the process of experience…
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A Casebook of Ethical Challenges in Neuropsychology

• Edited by Shane S. Bush.

Published November 2004

The American Psychological Association published a revision of the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct in 2002.This text, a companion to the 2002 text Ethical Issues in Clinical Neuropsychology by Bush and Drexler, presents the reader with common ethical challenges in…
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