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Attention, genes, and developmental disorders / Kim Cornish and John Wilding.

Title
Attention, genes, and developmental disorders / Kim Cornish and John Wilding.
Author
Cornish, Kim.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Additional Authors
Wilding, John M.
Description
xii, 577 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.
Summary
What is attention? How does it go wrong? This book is concerned with attention and its development, both typical and atypical, particularly in disorders with a known genetic etiology or assumed genetic linkage: ADHD, autism, fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, and 22q11 deletion syndrome.
Series Statement
Oxford series in developmental cognitive neuroscience
Uniform Title
  • University press scholarship online.
  • Oxford series in developmental cognitive neuroscience.
Subject
  • Developmental disabilities > Genetic aspects
  • Attention
  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder > Genetic aspects
  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity > genetics
  • Adolescent Development
  • Child Development
  • Developmental Disabilities > genetics
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn > genetics
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-547) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Advances in attention, genes, and developmental disorders : an introduction -- What is attention? Navigating its complex history and facing the challenges ahead -- Genes and atypical attention -- Brains and atypical attention -- Measuring attention at the behavioral level : rating scales and checklists -- Measuring attention at the cognitive level : batteries and tasks -- Attention over development : from infancy to adolescence -- Atypical attention : attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) -- Specific neurodevelopmental disorders and attention -- Treating attentional impairments -- Conclusions and pause for thought.
ISBN
  • 9780195179941 (alk. paper)
  • 0195179943 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2009049398
OCLC
472720570
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library