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Annotation: What Electrical Brain Activity Tells Us about Brain Function that Other Techniques Cannot Tell Us--A Child Psychiatric Perspective
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Banaschewski, Tobias; Brandeis, Daniel – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: Monitoring brain processes in real time requires genuine subsecond resolution to follow the typical timing and frequency of neural events. Non-invasive recordings of electric (EEG/ERP) and magnetic (MEG) fields provide this time resolution. They directly measure neural activations associated with a wide variety of brain states and…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Dyslexia, Medicine, Brain
Neurobiology and Neurodevelopmental Impact of Childhood Traumatic Stress and Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
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Henry, Jim; Sloane, Mark; Black-Pond, Connie – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2007
Purpose: Research reveals that prenatal alcohol exposure and child trauma (i.e., abuse, neglect, sexual abuse) can have deleterious effects on child development across multiple domains. This study analyzed the impact on childhood neurodevelopment of prenatal alcohol exposure and postnatal traumatic experience compared to postnatal traumatic…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Sexual Abuse, Occupational Therapy, Intelligence
Learning Disabilities: A Report to the U.S. Congress.
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Interagency Committee on Learning Disabilities, Washington, DC. – 1987
The report to Congress by the Interagency Committee on Learning Disabilities, required by the Health Research Extension Act of 1985, Public Law 99-158, provides a review and assessment of Federal research priorities, activities, and findings regarding learning disabilities. Included in the report is information on (1) the number of persons…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Attention Deficit Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions
Cognitive Approaches to Learning Disabilities. Third Edition.
Reid, D. Kim; And Others – 1996
This book provides an overview of cognitive approaches to learning disabilities, the theoretical and methodological underpinnings that support them, and the body of knowledge that such work has generated. Part 1 contains the following five papers: "The Educational Perspective" (Wayne P. Hresko and others); "Educational Trends in Learning…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum