Learning Disabilities and Brain Function: A Neuropsychological Approach

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Reading this volume, chapter by chapter, I had a feeling of exuberance and exhiliration. lt is both a privilege and achaIlengc 10 write a foreword for this second edition of Learning Disahilities and Brain Function. The scope and quality of the scientific and clinical insights expressed are unusual. It is difficult to do justice 10 the book within the constraints of a foreword. I can only reftect its significance to instructors, scientists. and clinicians in education, psychology, psychiatry. pediatrics. speech pa thology and neurology. In the early chapters are discussions of brain function as it relates to learning and learning disabilities, with many implications for better undcr standing of the neurology of behavior. These chapters are followcd by an articulate consideration of neuropsychological disorders, definition. iden tification and diagnosis of the cognitive dysfunctions that underlie learn ing disabilities. There is an analysis of the role of perception, as weIl as of the significance of impared sensory and motor-cognitive processes. The concluding chapters comprise a clear, erudite, yet practical dis course on the spectrum of language disorders, including the spoken, read, and writ ten forms. Dr. Gaddes provides a constructive review of what it means when children have aphasia, of how this language disorder has implica tions for other types of learning. He elucidates and evaluates the status of our knowledge relative to childhood dyslexia and dysgraphia. This analy sis holds promise for clarification of the issues that have been disconcert ing, especially to educators and psychologists.

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  Learning Disabilities and Brain Function: A Neuropsychological Approach

  • 2013-04-17
  • 403 pages
  • Ebook
  • Springer Science & Business Media
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  Learning Disabilities and Brain Function: A Neuropsychological Approach

  • 2013-03-14
  • 594 pages
  • Ebook
  • Springer Science & Business Media
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  Learning Disabilities and Brain Function: A Neuropsychological Approach

  • 2012-12-22
  • 594 pages
  • Paperback
  • Springer
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  Learning Disabilities and Brain Function: A Neuropsychological Approach

  • 1994
  • 594 pages
  • Paperback
  • New York : Springer-Verlag

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