Learning Disabilities and Brain Function

The highly successful third edition of Learning Disabilities and Brain Function remains a classic text for professionals and students in the field. This book combines well-developed theoretical orientation with practical suggestions and pertinent case studies, for a highly integrated multidisciplinary approach to learning disabilities in children and adults. Third edition contains timely new chapter on Attention Deficit Disorder.

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1 Neurology and Behavior: Background and Assessment.- 2 The Nervous System and Learning.- 3 Using Neuropsychological Knowledge in Understanding Learning Disorders.- 4 Perceptual Disorders.- 5 Sensory and Motor Pathways and Learning.- 6 Hemispheric Specialization, Handedness, and Laterality.- 7 Attention Deficit Disorder.- 8 Language Development, Aphasia, and Dyslexia.- 9 The Neuropsychological Basis of Problems in Writing, Spelling, and Arithmetic.- 10 Remediation, Therapy, and the Learning Disabled Child.- 11 Postscript.- Appendix: Neuropsychological Tests.- References.- Index of Names.