Executive functions and the frontal lobes : a lifespan perspective / edited by Vicki Anderson, Rani Jacobs, Peter J. Anderson.

Other author Anderson, Vicki, 1958-
Other author Jacobs, Rani.
Other author Anderson, Peter J. (Peter John), 1967-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Taylor & Francis, ©2008.
Descriptionxxxiii, 541 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Clinical neuropsychology.
Frontal lobes.
Developmental psychobiology.
Higher nervous activity.

SeriesStudies on neuropsychology, neurology, and cognition
Studies on neuropsychology, neurology, and cognition. ^A719400
Contents Towards a developmental model of executive function / Peter J. Anderson -- Developmental trajectories of executive functions across the lifespan / Cinzia R. De Luca and Richard J. Leventer -- Adult aging and executive functioning / Louise H. Phillips and Julie D. Henry -- Recovery from frontal cortical injury during development / Bryan Kolb, Marie Monfils, and Nicole Sherren -- Methodological and conceptual issues in understanding the development of executive control in the preschool period / Kimberley Andrews Espy ... [et al.] -- Development and assessment of executive function : from preschool to adolescence / Vicki Anderson ... [et al.].
Contents Assessment of executive functioning in older adults / Tracey Wardill and Vicki Anderson -- Assessment of behavioral aspects of executive function / Gerard A. Gioia, Peter K. Isquith, and Laura E. Kenealy -- Pediatric neuroimaging studies : a window to neurocognitive development of the frontal lobes / Amanda G. Wood and Elizabeth Smith -- Executive functioning and attention in children born preterm / Kelly Howard, Peter J. Anderson, and H. Gerry Taylor -- Childhood traumatic brain injury, executive functions, and social outcomes : toward an integrative model for research and clinical practice / Keith Owen Yeates and Vicki Anderson.
Contents Executive functions after frontal lobe insult in childhood / Vicki Anderson, Rani Jacobs, and A. Simon Harvey -- Prefrontal cortex and the maturation of executive functions, cognitive expertise, and social adaptation / Paul J. Eslinger and Kathleen R. Biddle -- Attention deficits and the frontal lobes / Vicki Anderson -- Frontotemporal dementia : correlations between pathology and function / Julie Snowden -- From a-synucleopathy to executive dysfunction : early-stage Parkinson's disease / Michael M. Saling and Jennifer Bradshaw.
Contents Models for the rehabilitation of executive impairments / Barbara A. Wilson and Jonathan Evans -- Helping children without making them helpless : facilitating development of executive self-regulation in children and adolescents / Mark Ylivasaker and Timothy Feeney -- Intervention approaches for executive dysfunction following brain injury in childhood / Cathy Catroppa and Vicki Anderson -- Social information processing difficulties in adults and implications for treatment / Skye McDonald.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2007048863
ISBN9781841694900 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN1841694908 (hardback : alk. paper)