Gene Expression to Neurobiology and Behavior: Human Brain Development and Developmental Disorders

Content: 
Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Pages v-vi

Preface
Pages vii-xvi
Oliver Braddick, Janette Atkinson, Giorgio M. Innocenti

Chapter 1 - Brain development and the nature versus nurture debate
Pages 3-22
Joan Stiles

Chapter 2 - The dynamics of ontogeny: A neuroconstructivist perspective on genes, brains, cognition and behavior
Pages 23-33
Tessa M. Dekker, Annette Karmiloff-Smith

Chapter 3 - Molecular bases of cortico-cerebral regionalization
Pages 37-64
Antonello Mallamaci

Chapter 4 - Development and evolution: Two determinants of cortical connectivity
Pages 65-75
Giorgio M. Innocenti

Chapter 5 - Postnatal brain development: Structural imaging of dynamic neurodevelopmental processes
Pages 77-92
Terry L. Jernigan, William F.C. Baaré, Joan Stiles, Kathrine Skak Madsen

Chapter 6 - VERP and brain imaging for identifying levels of visual dorsal and ventral stream function in typical and preterm infants
Pages 95-111
Oliver Braddick, Janette Atkinson, John Wattam-Bell

Chapter 7 - Neurodevelopment of the visual system in typically developing children
Pages 113-136
Peter Klaver, Valentine Marcar, Ernst Martin

Chapter 8 - Perinatal brain damage in children: Neuroplasticity, early intervention, and molecular mechanisms of recovery
Pages 139-154
Giovanni Cioni, Giulia D\'Acunto, Andrea Guzzetta

Chapter 9 - The impact of perinatal stress on the functional maturation of prefronto-cortical synaptic circuits: Implications for the pathophysiology of ADHD?
Pages 155-169
Jörg Bock, Katharina Braun

Chapter 10 - The processing of social stimuli in early infancy: From faces to biological motion perception
Pages 173-193
Francesca Simion, Elisa Di Giorgio, Irene Leo, Lara Bardi

Chapter 11 - Social and attention factors during infancy and the later emergence of autism characteristics
Pages 195-207
Mayada Elsabbagh, Karla Holmboe, Teodora Gliga, Evelyne Mercure, Kristelle Hudry, Tony Charman, Simon Baron-Cohen, Patrick Bolton, Mark H. Johnson

Chapter 12 - How special is social looking in ASD: A review
Pages 209-222
Terje Falck-Ytter, Claes von Hofsten

Chapter 13 - Developmental disorders of speech and language: From genes to brain structure and function
Pages 225-238
Kate Watkins

Chapter 14 - Precursors to language in preterm infants: Speech perception abilities in the first year of life
Pages 239-257
Laura Bosch

Chapter 15 - From genes to brain development to phenotypic behavior: “Dorsal-stream vulnerability” in relation to spatial cognition, attention, and planning of actions in Williams syndrome (WS) and other developmental disorders
Pages 261-283
Janette Atkinson, Oliver Braddick

Chapter 16 - Neurocognitive development of attention across genetic syndromes: Inspecting a disorder\'s dynamics through the lens of another
Pages 285-301
Gaia Scerif, Ann Steele

Chapter 17 - Connectivity and the corpus callosum in autism spectrum conditions: Insights from comparison of autism and callosal agenesis
Pages 303-317
Rhonda Booth, Gregory L. Wallace, Francesca Happé

Chapter 18 - Biological and social influences on cognitive control processes dependent on prefrontal cortex
Pages 319-339
Adele Diamond

Subject Index
Pages 341-350

Volume in series
Pages 351-352