Changing Brains

Foreword. Being a Scientist in the Neville Tradition: Ten Things I Learned from Helen

Debra L. Mills

Introduction

Aaron J. Newman & Giordana Grossi

Interlude i: Thanks, You Guys!

Marta Kutas

Chapter 1. Development and plasticity of selective auditory attention in early childhood

Amanda Hampton Wray & Elif Isbell

Interlude ii: A Big Fat P3

Marta Kutas

Chapter 2. Allocation of auditory spatial selective attention in action video game players

Julia Foecker, Matin Mortazavi, Wayne Khoe, Steven A. Hillyard, & Daphne Bavelier

Interlude iii: Structure and Content

Marta Kutas

Chapter 3. The roles of age of acquisition, proficiency, and first language on second language processing

Annika Andersson & Aaron J. Newman

Chapter 4. Exploring the Effects of Aging on Language Abilities in Deaf Signers

David P. Corina, Lucinda O'Grady Farnady, Todd LaMarr, Svenna Pedersen, Kurt Winsler, & Laurel Lawyer

Chapter 5. Changes in occipito-temporal cortex with literacy: Electrophysiological evidence

Giordana Grossi & Elizabeth Sacchi

Chapter 6. Reading in deaf individuals: Examining the role of visual word form area

Elizabeth A. Hirshorn, Matthew W.G. Dye, Peter Hauser, Ted Supalla, & Daphne Bavelier

Interlude iv: One Less Sense Isn't Nonsense

Marta Kutas

Chapter 7. Deafness and signed language: Implications of Helen Neville's neuroplasticity research for children receiving cochlear implants

Aaron J. Newman & Mairead MacSweeney

Interlude v: Sound or Sign?

Marta Kutas

Chapter 8. Making memories last: How sleep promotes neuroplasticity

Randolph F. Helfrich & Robert T. Knight

Interlude vi: The Importance of Parenting

Marta Kutas

Chapter 9. Changing Brains for Social Justice

Eric Pakulak & Courtney Stevens

Interlude vii: A Double-Edged Sword

Marta Kutas

Chapter 10. Exploring Common Mechanisms of Brain Development and Adult Plasticity in Humans and Rodents

Michael I. Posner & Mary K. Rothbart