Children with injury to the central nervous system (CNS) exhibit a variety of language
disorders that have been described by members of different disciplines, in different journals …

MAUREEN DENNIS aureen Dennis came to child neuropsychology from a back-M ground
in both animal physiological and child clinical psychology. Currently the recipient of a …

The purpose of this article is to provide a current review of language functioning and deficits
following traumatic brain injury (TBI), specifically among the pediatric population. This paper …

Advances in understanding the nature of language impairment in children over the past
decade have been abundant. In this paper, several recurring hypotheses about the nature of …

Neurocognitive studies can approach gene-based developmental language impairments
from two angles, which are complementary and ideally combined in a research program …

The classic theory of the neural basis of language functioning posits that the left hemisphere
of the brain has well-defined modules, dedicated exclusively to language processing. The …

Without any formal instruction, essentially all normal children who are exposed to it acquire
language in a remarkably uniform, rapid, and essentially error-free manner. 1.2 Over the …

The language functioning of a group of children who had sustained a severe closed head
injury CHI was evaluated. The subjects were administered a battery of language …

This chapter reviews the literature on the associated linguistic and cognitive factors that
contribute to communication breakdown in paediatric brain injury. It focuses on traumatic …

Functional distinctions within the language domain can be used to parse the young
damaged brain. Parsing means resolving something into its component parts and describing …