Plasticity is an intrinsic property of the central nervous system, reflecting its capacity to
respond in a dynamic manner to the environment and experience via modification of neural …

Purpose. Describing the epidemiology of cerebral palsy (CP), its impairments and risk
factors. Method. Literature review 1965–2004. Search terms: Cerebral palsy, incidence …

This fully updated edition of Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach
addresses key issues in child neuropsychology with a unique emphasis on evidence …

Rethinking Innateness asks the question," What does it really mean to say that a behavior is
innate?" The authors describe a new framework in which interactions, occurring at all levels …

Like every other aspect of human development, language development is characterized by
variation. Historically this variation has been largely ignored by students of child language …

Previous investigations of the linguistic capacities of apes have focused on the ape's ability
to produce words, and there has been little concern for comprehension. By contrast, it is …

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) have an increased risk of cognitive impairments. This
narrative review of the literature discusses assessment of cognition in children with CP …

Summary 10· 5 million children worldwide are estimated to have active epilepsy. Over the
past 15 years, syndrome-oriented clinical and EEG diagnosis, and better aetiological …

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common motor disability of childhood. A recent publication
from the Autism and Developmental Disability Monitoring (ADDM) CP Network sponsored by …

Autism consitutes one of the best validated child psychiatric disorders. Empirical research
has succeeded in delineating the key clinical phenomena, in demonstrating strong genetic …