Normal and Abnormal Development of Brain and Behaviour

✍ Scribed by W. A. Marshall (auth.), G. B. A. Stoelinga M. D., J. J. Van Der Werff Ten Bosch M. D. (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1972
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 361
• Series: Boerhaave Series for Postgraduate Medical Education 6
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume contains the proceedings of a postgraduate course for medical practitioners of various specialties. One purpose of the course was to provide factual data on developmental aspects of the brain and behaviour, and about the possible impact of several important categories of internal and environ­ mental factors upon neural development. Another purpose was to indicate the extent and the limitations of the methodology now available for the scientific approach of the study of the development of behaviour. In general the investigator is faced with methodological problems of two types, the proper definition and scoring of behavioural items, and the isolation of the different factors that contribute to a particular behaviour. An example of the latter is given in the very last paper, which is concerned with attempts at unravelling under experimental conditions the contributions made by various influences upon a single sequence of behaviour. The course was held in Leiden in November 1970, and was the third in a series of Boerhaave Courses instigated by the Dutch Growth Foundation. Previous subjects have been 'Somatic growth of the child' (in 1964) and 'Human body composition' (in 1967). The programme was planned in collaboration with Prof. Dr. H. H. van Gelderen, Dr. D. G. Lawrence, Prof. Dr. F. J. Monks, Prof. Dr. H. F. R. Prechtl and Prof. Dr. H. K. A. Visser. Financial support was given by the pharmaceutical firms Philips-Duphar, Sandoz and Specia, and by the Dutch Growth Foundation. Major editorial contributions were made by Anneke Bot.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Somatic Development and the Study of the Central Nervous System....Pages 1-19
Undernutrition and the Developing Brain: the use of Animal Models to Elucidate the Human Problem....Pages 20-38
Effects of Early Malnutrition on General Development in Animals....Pages 39-52
Postnatal Growth and Development in Small-for-Date Babies....Pages 53-73
On the Structure, Development, and Connections of the Limbic System....Pages 74-91
Behavioral Assessment in Infancy....Pages 92-103
Manual to Accompany Cambridge Newborn Behavioral and Neurological Scales....Pages 104-132
Motor Behaviour in Relation to Brain Structure....Pages 133-147
Neurological Criteria for the Estimation of the Post-Menstrual age of Newborn Infants....Pages 148-178
Neurological Follow-Up of Infants Born After Obstetrical Complications....Pages 179-186
Observations of Free-Field Behaviour in Preschool Boys and Girls in Relation to Neurological Findings....Pages 187-207
Genetic Influences on Development of Behavior....Pages 208-233
Non-Genetic Prenatal Influences on Psychological Development....Pages 234-244
Comment....Pages 245-249
Congenital Deafness and Disturbed Psychomotor Development....Pages 250-258
Effects of Congenital Blindness on Development of Behaviour....Pages 259-270
The Influence of Emotional Deprivation on Growth and Behaviour....Pages 271-283
Neuroendocrine Factors and the Ontogeny of Behavior....Pages 284-298
The Effects of Early Hypothyroidism on iq, School Performance, and Electroencephalogram Pattern in Children....Pages 299-314
Pituitary-Adrenal Hormones and Behavior....Pages 315-324
Hormonal and Social Determinants of Sexual Behavior in the Pigtail Monkey (Macaca Nemestrina)....Pages 325-342
Back Matter....Pages 343-348

✦ Subjects

Pediatrics