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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786927603321

Autore

Frank Yitzchak

Titolo

Specific learning disabilities / / Yitzchak Frank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-934204-0

0-19-937456-2

0-19-934203-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

371.9

Soggetti

Learning disabilities

Brain - Anatomy

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

Cover; Specific Learning Disabilities; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER 1  Specific Learning Disabilities: Definitions and Facts; CHAPTER 2Neuropsychological Abnormalities Underlying Specific Learning Disabilities; CHAPTER 3 Theories of Specific Learning Disabilities; CHAPTER 4 Brain Correlates of Learning; CHAPTER 5  Neuroanatomy of Specific Reading Disabilities I: Anatomical Deviations; CHAPTER 6 Neuroanatomy of Specific Reading Disabilities II: Morphometry-Volumetric Studies; CHAPTER 7  Neuroanatomy of Specific Reading Disabilities III: Diffusion Tensor Imaging

CHAPTER 8  Neuroanatomy of Specific Reading Disabilities IV: Functional Magnetic Resonance ImagingCHAPTER 9 Neuroanatomy of Specific Reading Disabilities V; CHAPTER 10 Neurophysiological Studies of Specific Learning Disabilities; CHAPTER 11 Genetics of Specific Learning Disabilities; CHAPTER 12Dyscalculia; CHAPTER 13 Nonverbal Learning Disabilities; CHAPTER 14  Not Simply a Learning Problem: Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Aspects of Specific Learning Disabilities; CHAPTER 15  Diagnosing Specific Learning Disabilities: The Process; CHAPTER 16 Treatment of Specific Learning Disabilities

CHAPTER 17ConclusionsBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a concise but comprehensive review of Specific Learning



Disabilities, with a special attention to the biology of these diverse conditions. The reader will get a review of most aspects of SLD, including the different clinical syndromes (mostly dyslexia and dyscalculia), the clinical manifestations and the therapeutic approaches. It is unique in the proportion of its content dedicated to the biological aspects of SLD. It attempts to assemble and present the biological knowledge which has been accumulated on these conditions. This knowledge includes the neurological anatomy of dyslex