Brain Lateralization in Children
Developmental Implications
1st Edition
Published on 25. December 1989
Book
Hardback
604 pages
978-0-89862-719-0 (ISBN)
Description
Are early hemispheric differences important for normal development? Can they be used to predict long-term outcomes or disabilities, such as delayed language or learning disabilities? Do children with abnormal patterns of lateralization develop normally? Toward answering such clinically relevant questions, this volume is a comprehensive summary of state-of-the-art research on cerebral asymmetries in developmental psychology and education.
A complete single-volume reference, each section in this outstanding book provides an overview of the issues, describes relevant research techniques, and critically reviews the literature. Almost every chapter has a literature review table that gives the reader a comprehensive summary of work done to date. Topics covered include: basic physiological issues in the development of functional differences; the relationship between lateral brain organization and a normal child's intellectual, emotional, and educational development; the role of handedness in development; and developmental difficulties such as reading and learning disabilities, depression, deafness, delayed language development, and autism.
A complete single-volume reference, each section in this outstanding book provides an overview of the issues, describes relevant research techniques, and critically reviews the literature. Almost every chapter has a literature review table that gives the reader a comprehensive summary of work done to date. Topics covered include: basic physiological issues in the development of functional differences; the relationship between lateral brain organization and a normal child's intellectual, emotional, and educational development; the role of handedness in development; and developmental difficulties such as reading and learning disabilities, depression, deafness, delayed language development, and autism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Weight
1292 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89862-719-0 (9780898627190)
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Content
Introduction. Best, The Emergence of Cerebral Asymmetries in Early HumanDevelopment. Witelson, Kiger, Anatomical Development of the Human Corpus Cailosum. Denenberg, Laterality in Animals. Turkewitz, A Prenatal Source for the Developmentof Hemispheric Specialization. Normal Development. Introduction. Hiscock, Behavioural Asymmetries in Normal Children. Molfese, Betz, Electrophysiological Correlates. Davidson, Fox, Cerebral Asymmetry and Emotion. Harris, Right-brain Training. Handedness and Intellectual Development. Introduction. Gordon, The Effect of "Right Brain/Left Brain" Cognitive Profiles on School Achievement. Kinsbourne, Sinistrality, Brain Organization,and Cognitive Deficits. Satz, Soper, Orsini, Human and Preference. Harris, Carlson, Is Left-handedness Pathological? Atypical Development. Introduction. Liederman, Misconceptions and New Conceptions about Early Brain Damage Function Asymmetry and Behavioural Outcome. Netley, Rovet, The Development of Cognition and Personality in X Aneuploids and Other Subject Groups. Aram, Whitaker, Cognitive Sequelae of Unilateral Lesions Acquired in Early Childhood. Dawson, Autism. Brumback, Childhood Depression and Medically-treatable Learning Disability. Learning Disabled Children. Introduction. Bryden, Does Laterality Make A Difference? Kershner, DualProcessing Models of Learning Disability. Rourke, Fisk, Subtypes. Obrzut, Deficient Lateralization. Gordon, The Effect of "Right Brain/Left Brain" Cognitive Profiles onSchool Achievement. Gibson, The Impact of EarlyDevelopmental History on Cerebral Asymmetries.