| Childhood Head Injury: Developmental and Recovery Variables: A Special Double Issue of Developmental Neuropsychology Contributor(s): Dennis, Maureen (Editor), Levin, Harvey S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0805895647 ISBN-13: 9780805895643 Publisher: Psychology Press OUR PRICE: $66.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2004 Annotation: Childhood head injuries differ from adult head injuries in some significant respects. They occur against a background of ongoing physical and cognitive development. Cognitive capacities often change with time post-injury. But for children changes are affected by two processes of functional plasticity, one concerned with recovery, one with development. The impact of the injury is moderated by age/developmental stage. In recent years there has been a new focus on the longitudinal comparison of children post-injury with appropriate control groups. Advances in neuropsychological assessment have permitted evaluation with reference to more developmentally suitable norms; expanded definitions of outcome have broadened our understanding of consequences; and neuroimaging techniques have enabled the more precise delineation of injury severity, the study of structure-function outcome relations, and the investigation of reorganization of function. This special issue offers an overview of cutting-edge approaches to the analysis of childhood head injury. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Neuropsychology - Psychology | Developmental - General |
| Dewey: 617 |
| Series: Developmental Neuropsychology |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6" W x 8.94" (0.70 lbs) 232 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Childhood head injuries differ from adult head injuries in some significant respects. They occur against a background of ongoing physical and cognitive development. Cognitive capacities often change with time post-injury. But for children changes are affected by two processes of functional plasticity, one concerned with recovery, one with development. The impact of the injury is moderated by age/developmental stage. In recent years there has been a new focus on the longitudinal comparison of children post-injury with appropriate control groups. Advances in neuropsychological assessment have permitted evaluation with reference to more developmentally suitable norms; expanded definitions of outcome have broadened our understanding of consequences; and neuroimaging techniques have enabled the more precise delineation of injury severity, the study of structure-function outcome relations, and the investigation of reorganization of function. This special issue offers an overview of cutting-edge approaches to the analysis of childhood head injury. |