Neurobehavioral Disorders of Childhood - An Evolutionary Perspective

di Melillo - Leisman • 2009 • dettagli prodotto

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Attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, asperger's syndrome, and autism, to name but a few, may be viewed as points on a spectrum of developmental disabilities in which those points share features in common and possibly etiology as well, varying only in severity and in the primary anatomical region of dysfunctional activity.Table of contents Introduction.- Evolution of the Human Brain.- Why the Brain Works the Way it Does: Evolution and Cognition from Movement.- The Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia.- The Basal Ganglia.- The Thalamus.- The Limbic System and the Evolution of the Cerebral Cortex.- The Cerebral Cortex.- Signs and Symptoms of Neurobehavioral Disorders of Childhood.- Causation from an Evolutionary Perpective.- Therapeutic Theory and Strategy.- References.- Index