Learning Disabilities and Brain Function: A Neuropsychological Approach

✍ Scribed by William H. Gaddes (auth.)

Publisher: Springer New York
Year: 1985
Tongue: English
Leaves: 513
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Neurology and Behavior: Some Professional Problems....Pages 1-22
Prevalence Estimates and Etiology of Learning Disabilities....Pages 23-35
The Nervous System and Learning....Pages 36-89
The Use of Neuropsychological Knowledge in Understanding Learning Disorders....Pages 90-144
Perceptual Disorders....Pages 145-177
Sensory and Motor Pathways and Learning....Pages 178-208
Hemispheric Specialization, Handedness, and Laterality....Pages 209-250
Language Development, Aphasia, and Dyslexia....Pages 251-327
The Neuropsychological Basis of Problems in Writing, Spelling, and Arithmetic....Pages 328-369
Remediation, Therapy, and the Learning-Disabled Child....Pages 370-400
Postscript....Pages 401-410
Back Matter....Pages 411-492

✦ Subjects

Psychology, general; Neurosciences; Neurology; Psychiatry

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