Atypical Cognitive Deficits in Developmental Disorders: Implications for Brain Function

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Contributors ix
• Foreword xiii
• Preface xv
• REFERENCES xix
• Introduction xxi
• Part I COGNITION AND NEUROSTRUCTURE 1
• 1: Specification of Higher Cortical Functions 3
• Part II STUDIES OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS 19
• Section 1: WILLIAMS SYNDROME 21
• 2: Williams Syndrome: An Unusual Neuropsychological Profile 23
• REFERENCES 53
• 3: Neuroanatomical Distinctions Between Williams and Down Syndromes 57
• REFERENCES 65
• 4: Effects of Altered Auditory Sensitivity and Age of Language Acquisition on the Development of Language-Relevant Neural Systems: Preliminary Studies of Williams Syndrome 67
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 82
• REFERENCES 82
• Section 2: AUTISM 85
• 5: Neurobiologic Correlates in the Classification and Study of Autism 87
• REFERENCES 98
• 6: A New Finding: Impairment in Shifting Attention in Autistic and Cerebellar Patients 101
• 6: A New Finding 125
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 133
• 7: What are the Core Deficits in Autism? 139
• REFERENCES 155
• 8: Severity of Impairment in Autism 159
• REFERENCES 178
• Section 3: TURNER SYNDROME 181
• 10 - Neurocognitive and Psychosocial Phenotypes Associated with Turner Syndrome 197
• REFERENCES 213
• Part III RESEARCH METHODS 243
• 12: Methods of Studying Small Samples: Issues and Examples 245
• REFERENCES 278
• Part IV COMMENTARY 281
• 13: Interpretations of a Behavioral Neurologist 283
• REFERENCES 295
• 14: Afterword: Behavior-Brain Relationships in Children 297
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 322
• REFERENCES 322
• Author Index 327
• Index 335

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