Neurocognitive Development: Normative Development

Section I. Introduction to Neurodevelopmental Disabilities1. Description and classification of neurodevelopmental disabilities2. Neurodevelopmental and cognitive disabilities: Historical overview3. Ethical views and considerationsSection II. Biological Basis of Typical Neurodevelopment4. Neurogenesis, neuronal migration and axon guidance5. Development of neuronal circuits: From synaptogenesis to synapse plasticity6. MyelinationSection III. Plasticity, Vulnerability and Evolutionary Constraints of the Developing Brain7. Early brain plasticity: Definitions and theoretical concepts 8. Resilience 9. Critical periods of brain development 10. Vulnerability of immature brain 11. Hemispheric specializationSection IV. Neuroscientific Basis of Typical Functional Neurodevelopment12. Intellectual abilities 13. Visual development14. The development of auditory functions15. Motor functions 16. Typical language development17. Literacy acquisition: Reading development18. Memory: normative development of memory systems19. Developing attention in typical children related to disabilities 20. Executive functions 21. Learning abilities 22. Social cognition 23. The role of cerebellum in the child neuropsychological functioningSection V. Etiologies of Neurodevelopmental Disorders24. Genetic mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders25. The effects of sex on prevalence and mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders26. Impact of prematurity on neurodevelopment27. Pregnant women, prescription and fetal risk28. Effects of prenatal alcohol and cannabis exposure on neurodevelopmental and cognitive disabilities29. Maternal infections 30. Environmental toxic agents: The impact of heavy metals and organochlorides on brain development 31. The effects of socio-affective environment 32. Traumatic brain injury and baby shaken syndrome 33. Ischemic sequalae and other vascular diseases