Nowadays, it is widely accepted that there is no single influence (be it nature or nurture) on
cognitive development. Cognitive abilities emerge as a result of interactions between gene …

Recent technological advances allow us to measure how the infant brain functions in ways
that were not possible just a decade ago. Although methodological advances are exciting …

The brain is by far the most complex organ in the human body and probably the most
intricate system in the whole of the universe. Containing some 100 billion nerve cells (or …

The last decade has witnessed revolutionary changes in the field of neurodevelopmental
disorders. These changes have taken place simultaneously in several different disciplines …

Children change. Despite the truism of the previous statement, the dynamics of
developmental change are frequently absent from studies of child disorders. Why is this? We …

The focus of this chapter is on precursors to language acquisition and the acquisition of
language by toddlers, preschool children and early primary-school children who have …

Single dissociations are the bread and butter of neuropsychologists, and double
dissociations their chocolate cake! So it is unsurprising that developmental psychologists …

Cross-syndrome associations, and not merely cross-syndrome dissociations or comparisons
with typical development, are shown to be particularly relevant for advancing theory and …

Abstract Background Genetically Williams syndrome (WS) promises to provide essential
insight into the pathophysiology of cortical development because its∼ 28 deleted genes are …

The discipline of cognitive neuropsychology has been important for informing theories of
cognition and describing the nature of acquired cognitive disorders, but its applicability in a …