Childhood Head Injury: Developmental and Recovery Variables: A Special Double Issue of Developmental Neuropsychology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805895647 ISBN 13: 9780805895643

Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Maureen Dennis, Harvey S. Levin

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0805895647
• ISBN 13: 9780805895643
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 232
• Herausgeber: Dennis Maureen, Levin Harvey S.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH; GPSR@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Kaufingerstraße 24, 80331 München, Germany; München; Deutschland