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How neuropsychology informs our understanding of developmental disorders
Author(s) -
Pennington Bruce F.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01977.x
Subject(s) - neuropsychology , psychology , cognition , face (sociological concept) , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , cognitive neuropsychology , cognitive science , neuroscience , social science , sociology
This review includes 1) an explanation of what neuropsychology is, 2) a brief history of how developmental cognitive neuroscience emerged from earlier neuropsychological approaches to understanding atypical development, 3) three recent examples that illustrate the benefits of this approach, 4) issues and challenges this approach must face, and 5) a forecast for the future of this approach.