Childhood Head Injury: Developmental and Recovery Variables: A Special Double Issue of Developmental Neuropsychology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780805895643)

Childhood head injuries differ from adult head injuries in some significant respects. They occur against a background of ongoing physical and cognitive development. Cognitive capacities often change with time post-injury. But for children changes are affected by two processes of functional plasticity, one concerned with recovery, one with development. The impact of the injury is moderated by age/developmental stage.

In recent years there has been a new focus on the longitudinal comparison of children post-injury with appropriate control groups. Advances in neuropsychological assessment have permitted evaluation with reference to more developmentally suitable norms; expanded definitions of outcome have broadened our understanding of consequences; and neuroimaging techniques have enabled the more precise delineation of injury severity, the study of structure-function outcome relations, and the investigation of reorganization of function.

This special issue offers an overview of cutting-edge approaches to the analysis of childhood head injury.

Author: Maureen Dennis
ISBN-10: 0805895647
ISBN-13: 9780805895643
Publisher: Psychology Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2004
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.00w x 0.49d