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Pediatric Behavioural Neurology vol. 4
Developing Brain and Cognition
By D. Farber and C. Njiokiktjien, 1993
400 Ref, 6 tables, 52 fig. hard cover
€ 48,- (VAT included)
ISBN 9072008057
This volume presents state of the art Russian concepts of
ontogenetic changes of the
brain and cognitive activity and their mutual relationship. It illustrates the notion that
the child's brain is not a miniature version of the adult brain but a continuously
changing neural structure that has a perfection of its own.
The brain undergoes profound morphological changes during ontogenesis. Cortical
morphological changes are described that underly electrophysiological phenomena
expressed in the EEG, in ERPs and in intra- as well as interhemispheric coherences,
and behavioural changes such
as speech, visuospatial processing and attention.
The ontogenetic structural changes facilitate the establishment
of the left hemisphere
dominance for speech and visual
processing.
Electrophysiological resultspoint to the
differing but complementary
function of both cerebral hemispheres. Differences
between the left
and right hemisphere are highlighted, for example locality versus
integrality, and specifity versus unspecifity.
The book concludes with a discussion on hypotheses pertaining to developmental
mechanisms
which are relevant to the clinical framework of developmental neurology.
D. Farber and C. Njiokiktjien are the editors.
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