Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology

Moving beyond the debate over whether and to what degree mild head injury has lasting neuropsychological sequelae, this book is predicated on the assumption that it does cause some problems in some circumstances for some people.

This volume describes research and theory concerning the cognitive neuroscience of attention.

This volume describes research and theory concerning the cognitive neuroscience of attention.

Current approaches to treating stuttering do not reflect the new understanding of its nature which has emerged from recent studies.

Current approaches to treating stuttering do not reflect the new understanding of its nature which has emerged from recent studies.

This book constitutes a clear, comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the basic principles of psychological and educational assessment that underlie effective clinical decisions about childhood language disorders.

This book constitutes a clear, comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the basic principles of psychological and educational assessment that underlie effective clinical decisions about childhood language disorders.

By 2010, 15% of the U.

By 2010, 15% of the U.

This is the first volume that focuses on the lifespan neurobehavioral factors likely to determine susceptibility to alcohol abuse and its consequences.

This is the first volume that focuses on the lifespan neurobehavioral factors likely to determine susceptibility to alcohol abuse and its consequences.

Considerable research in the past 30 years has accumulated regarding the academic and social functioning of youngsters with disabilities.

Considerable research in the past 30 years has accumulated regarding the academic and social functioning of youngsters with disabilities.

The increasingly sophisticated and powerful information technology we are creating plays an ever more prominent role in facilitating interaction and cooperation in everyday life.

The increasingly sophisticated and powerful information technology we are creating plays an ever more prominent role in facilitating interaction and cooperation in everyday life.

It is generally acknowledged that the most cost-effective means of curtailing alcohol and drug abuse is prevention.

It is generally acknowledged that the most cost-effective means of curtailing alcohol and drug abuse is prevention.

This book takes a close look at the ways that five sign languages borrow elements from the surrounding, dominant spoken language community where each is situated.

This book takes a close look at the ways that five sign languages borrow elements from the surrounding, dominant spoken language community where each is situated.

The behaviorist credo that animals are devices for translating sensory input into appropriate responses dies hard.

The behaviorist credo that animals are devices for translating sensory input into appropriate responses dies hard.

Psychologists are under increasing pressure to demonstrate the ecological validity of their assessment procedures--to show that the recommendations concluding their evaluations are relevant to urgent concerns in the legal and social policy arenas, such as predicting dangerousness, awarding compensation, and choosing a custodial parent.

Psychologists are under increasing pressure to demonstrate the ecological validity of their assessment procedures--to show that the recommendations concluding their evaluations are relevant to urgent concerns in the legal and social policy arenas, such as predicting dangerousness, awarding compensation, and choosing a custodial parent.

In this volume, which simultaneously honors the career contributions of Jean Berko Gleason and provides an overview of a broad and increasingly important research area, a panel of highly productive language researchers share and evaluate methods of eliciting and analyzing language production across the life span and in varying populations.

In this volume, which simultaneously honors the career contributions of Jean Berko Gleason and provides an overview of a broad and increasingly important research area, a panel of highly productive language researchers share and evaluate methods of eliciting and analyzing language production across the life span and in varying populations.

This book is a testimony to Evgeny Nikolaevich Sokolov's years of work in developing knowledge in the areas of perception, information processing and attention, and to the research it has spawned.

This book is a testimony to Evgeny Nikolaevich Sokolov's years of work in developing knowledge in the areas of perception, information processing and attention, and to the research it has spawned.

From the point of view of psychology and cognitive science, much of modern linguistics is too formal and mathematical to be of much use.

From the point of view of psychology and cognitive science, much of modern linguistics is too formal and mathematical to be of much use.

Much of the groundbreaking work in many fields is now occurring at the intersection of traditional academic disciplines.

Much of the groundbreaking work in many fields is now occurring at the intersection of traditional academic disciplines.

This is a book for all neuropsychologists who are called upon to assess culturally different clients--with very few exceptions today, this means every neuropsychologist.

This is a book for all neuropsychologists who are called upon to assess culturally different clients--with very few exceptions today, this means every neuropsychologist.

The enormous human and economic toll of Alzheimer's Disease in societies in which more and more people are living into old age is well-recognized.

The enormous human and economic toll of Alzheimer's Disease in societies in which more and more people are living into old age is well-recognized.

The ability to use language in more literate ways has always been a central outcome of education.

The ability to use language in more literate ways has always been a central outcome of education.

Once signed languages are recognized as natural human languages, a world of exploration opens up.

Once signed languages are recognized as natural human languages, a world of exploration opens up.

This volume explores the unique sociocultural contexts of literacy development, values, and practices in African American communities.

This volume explores the unique sociocultural contexts of literacy development, values, and practices in African American communities.

Understanding Storytelling Among African American Children: A Journey From Africa to America reports research on narrative production among African American children for the purpose of extending previous inquiry and discussion of narrative structure.

Understanding Storytelling Among African American Children: A Journey From Africa to America reports research on narrative production among African American children for the purpose of extending previous inquiry and discussion of narrative structure.

The role of culture is significant when measuring cognitive abilities during neuropsychological assessments.

The role of culture is significant when measuring cognitive abilities during neuropsychological assessments.

Neuropsychological assessment is a difficult and complicated process.

Neuropsychological assessment is a difficult and complicated process.

This book is a practical guide to building computational models of high-level cognitive processes and systems.

This book is a practical guide to building computational models of high-level cognitive processes and systems.

This unique, edited book bridges studies in language disorders and linguistic theory with timely contributions from leading scholars in language development.