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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452291803321

Titolo

Neural plasticity and cognitive development [[electronic resource] ] : insights from children with perinatal brain injury / / Joan Stiles ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-19-025571-4

0-19-023502-0

1-280-59589-2

9786613625724

0-19-993850-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StilesJoan

Disciplina

617.4/81044

Soggetti

Neuroplasticity

Brain - Growth

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Neuroplasticity and the developing brain -- The basics of brain development -- Etiology and neurological effects of perinatal stroke -- Somatosensory and motor processes -- Visuospatial processes -- Attention, memory, and executive functions -- Early communicative development to first words -- Later language development : syntax and discourse -- Plasticity of overall intellectual functioning : evidence from standardized tests -- Clinical implications -- Toward and integrative model of neurobehavioral development.

Sommario/riassunto

The advent of modern neurobiological methods over the last three decades has provided overwhelming evidence that it is the interaction of genetic factors and the experience of the individual that guides and supports brain development. Brains do not develop normally in the absence of critical genetic signaling, and they do not develop normally in the absence of essential environmental input. The key to understanding the origins and emergence of both the brain and behavior lies in understanding how inherited and environmental factors



are engaged in the dynamic and interactive processes that defi