Lead has been recognized as a poison for millennia and has been the focus of public health
regulation in much of the developed world for the better part of the past century. The nature …

This book is a comprehensive development and defense of one of the guiding assumptions
of evolutionary psychology: that the human mind is composed of a large number of semi …

Normal ageing is associated with gradual brain atrophy. Determining spatial and temporal
patterns of change can help shed light on underlying mechanisms. Neuroimaging provides …

This book explores the idea that we have two minds. In recent years there has been great
interest in so-called dual-process theories of reasoning and rationality. According to dual …

Background Memory and cognitive impairments/disorders are the main clinical symptoms of
neurodegenerative diseases. The prevalence of such chronic conditions has increased over …

OBJECTIVE: To identify sensitive periods of postnatal growth for preterm infants relative to
neurodevelopment at 18 months' corrected age. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We studied …

The possible relation between stuttering and the basal ganglia is discussed. Important clues
to the pathophysiology of stuttering are given by conditions known to alleviate dysfluency …

Associations between antenatal maternal anxiety, measured with the State Trait Anxiety
Inventory, and disorders in 8‐and 9‐year‐olds were studied prospectively in 71 normal …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A technique of segmenting total gray matter (GM) and total
white matter (WM) in human brain is now available. We investigated the effects of age and …

The brain has evolved to understand and interact with other people. We are increasingly
learning more about the neurophysiological basis of social cognition and what is known as …