The authors propose a heuristic model of the social outcomes of childhood brain disorder
that draws on models and methods from both the emerging field of social cognitive …

Despite considerable sparing of function following some forms of early brain disease, neural
plasticity is far from complete. Many children with early brain insults, including those who …

This fully updated edition of Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach
addresses key issues in child neuropsychology with a unique emphasis on evidence …

The mature human brain is lateralized for language, with the left hemisphere (LH) primarily
responsible for sentence processing and the right hemisphere (RH) primarily responsible for …

Neural plasticity--the brain's ability to change in response to normal developmental
processes, experience, and injury--is a critically important phenomenon for both …

There are few books devoted to the topic of brain plasticity and behavior. Most previous
works that cover topics related to brain plasticity do not include extensive discussions of …

Background: Difficulties with inhibition are increasingly regarded as central to pathological
behavioural and learning disorders in childhood. However, few measures are available to …

The developing brain has the capacity for a great deal of plasticity. A number of investigators
have demonstrated that intellectual and language skills may be in the normal range in …

Aim Plasticity in the developing brain is a controversial issue. Although language and motor
function often recover remarkably well following early brain injury, recent evidence suggests …

Neuropsychological outcome was evaluated in a prospective, longitudinal follow-up study of
children age 4 months to 7 years at injury with either mild-to-moderate (N= 35) or severe (N …