Specific learning disabilities / Yitzchak Frank.

This book is a concise but comprehensive review of Specific Learning Disabilities, with a special attention to the biology of these diverse conditions. The reader will get a review of most aspects of SLD, including the different clinical syndromes (mostly dyslexia and dyscalculia), the clinical manifestations and the therapeutic approaches. It is unique in the proportion of its content dedicated to the biological aspects of SLD. It attempts to assemble and present the biological knowledge which has been accumulated on these conditions. This knowledge includes the neurological anatomy of dyslexia and dyscalculia, as well as advances in modern neuro-imaging studies, and the physiology and the genetics of these conditions.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-298) and index.

Learning disabilities : definitions and facts -- Neuropsychology abnormalities underlying specific learning disabilities -- Biological theories of specific learning disabilities -- Brain correlates of learning -- Neuroanatomy of specific learning disabilities I -- Neuroanatomy of specific learning disabilities II -- Neuroanatomy of specific learning disabilities III -- Neuroanatomy of specific learning disabilities IV -- Neuroanatomy of specific learning disabilities V -- Neurophysiological studies of SLD : the genetics of learning disabilities -- Genetics of SLD -- Dyscalculia -- Non-verbal learning disabilities -- Not only learning disabilities -- The diagnostic process -- Treatment and outcome of specific learning disabilities.

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