Gene Expression to Neurobiology and Behaviour: Human Brain Development and Developmental Disorders: 189 (Progress in Brain Research): Volume 189 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444538844 ISBN 13: 9780444538840

Publisher: Elsevier Science, 2011

Synopsis

How does the genome, interacting with the multi-faceted environment, translate into the development by which the human brain achieves its astonishing, adaptive array of cognitive and behavioral capacities? Why and how does this process sometimes lead to neurodevelopmental disorders with a major, lifelong personal and social impact?

This volume of Progress in Brain Research links findings on the structural development of the human brain, the expression of genes in behavioral and cognitive phenotypes, environmental effects on brain development, and developmental processes in perception, action, attention, cognitive control, social cognition, and language, in an attempt to answer these questions.

• Leading authors review the state-of-the-art in their field of investigation and provide their views and perspectives for future research
• Chapters are extensively referenced to provide readers with a comprehensive list of resources on the topics covered
• All chapters include comprehensive background information and are written in a clear form that is also accessible to the non-specialist

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Investigates how the genome, interacting with the multi-faceted environment, translates into the development by which the human brain achieves its astonishing, adaptive array of cognitive and behavioral capacities, and why and how this process sometimes lead to neurodevelopmental disorders

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444538844
• ISBN 13: 9780444538840
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 376
• Editor: Braddick Oliver, Atkinson Janette, Innocenti Giorgio M.