Genes, brain, and development : the neurocognition of genetic disorders / / edited by Marcia A. Barnes.

"Genetic disorders that affect neurodevelopment are informative for understanding the relations between genes, brain, and behavior and for testing cognitive models. The chapters in the first section of this volume deal with three major neurogenetic disorders, fragile X diagnosed through its gen...

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Superior document:Series for the International Neuropsychological Society
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Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Series for the International Neuropsychological Society.
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Physical Description:xvi, 220 p.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intergenerational effects of mutations in the fragile X mental retardation 1 gene : fragile X : a model of X-linked mental retardation and neurodegeneration / Mariya Borodyanskaya ... [et al.]
  • Autism : genes, anatomy, and behavioral outcome / Emma Esser, Saasha Sutera, and Deborah Fein
  • Development in spina bifida : neurobiological and environmental factors / Marcia A. Barnes ... [et al.]
  • Language and communication in autism spectrum disorders / Susan Ellis Weismer
  • Language development in children with Williams syndrome : new insights from cross-linguistic research / Stavroula Stavrakaki
  • Language in Down syndrome : a life-span perspective / Jean A. Rondal
  • Genetic disorders as models of mathematics learning disability : fragile X and Turner syndromes / Melissa M. Murphy, MIchele M.M. Mazzocco, and Michael McCloskey
  • A developmental approach to genetic disorders / Sarah J. Paterson
  • The use of strategies in embedded figures : tasks by boys with and without organic mild mental retardation : a review and some experimental evidence / Anastasia Alevriadou and Helen Tsakiridou.