Learning Disabilities and Brain Function

A Neuropsychological Approach

1 Neurology and Behavior: Some Professional Problems.
2 Prevalence Estimates and Etiology of Learning Disabilities.
3 The Nervous System and Learning.
4 The Use of Neuropsychological Knowledge in Understanding Learning Disorders.
5 Perceptual Disorders.
6 Sensory and Motor Pathways and Learning.
7 Hemisphere Specialization, Handedness, and Laterality.
8 Language Development, Aphasia, and Dyslexia.
9 The Neuropsychological Basis of Problems in Writing, Spelling, and Arithmetic.
10 Remediation, Therapy, and the Learning-Disabled Child.
11 Postscript.
Appendix: Neuropsychological Tests.
References.
Index of Names.