The Neuropsychology of Individual Differences

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Introduction to the Neuropsychology of Individual Differences

   • Lawrence C. Hartlage

   Pages 1-5

3. Foundation and Rationale for Neuropsychological Bases of Individual Differences

   • Raymond S. Dean

   Pages 7-39

4. Methodological Issues in Research in Developmental Neuropsychology

   • John F. Bolter, Charles J. Long

   Pages 41-59

5. Neuropsychology of Perception

   • Lawrence E. Melamed, Esther C. Melamed

   Pages 61-91

6. Temperament and the Development of Self-Regulation

   • Mary K. Rothbart, Michael I. Posner

   Pages 93-123

7. Individual Differences in General Cognitive Ability

   • Philip A. Vernon

   Pages 125-150

8. Perspectives on Language Development

   • Elaine Z. Lasky

   Pages 151-182

9. The Neuropsychology of Learning Disabilities

   • Francis J. Pirozzolo, Walter Harrell

   Pages 183-201

10. Neuropsychological Bases of Psychopathological Disorders

    • Charles J. Golden, Robert F. Sawicki

    Pages 203-236

11. Sex Differences in Neuropsychological Function

    • Marlin L. Languis, Paul J. Naour

    Pages 237-251

12. A Survey of Developmental Neurologic Conditions

    • Patricia L. Hartlage

    Pages 253-269

13. The Science and Speculation of Rehabilitation in Developmental Neuropsychological Disorders

    • Cathy F. Telzrow

    Pages 271-307

14. Synthesis of Neuropsychological Bases of Individual Differences

    • Lawrence C. Hartlage, Cathy F. Telzrow

    Pages 309-316

15. Back Matter

    Pages 317-329

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The Neuropsychology of Individual Differences: A Developmental Per­ spective was designed to sliIVey the complexities and subtleties of neu­ rologically based differences in human beings. By conceptualizing and presenting subject matter in a developmental sequence, we hoped to emphasize the inseparable union between the science of neuropsychology and the study of human behavior. Following a brief introductory chapter, the volume opens with chap­ ters concerning critical preliminary questions, such as establishing a foundation and rationale for a neuropsychological basis for individual differences and consideration of important methodological issues. It pro­ ceeds with discussions of the role of neuropsychology in the individual's efforts to organize the world via such basic means as perception and temperament. Three chapters follow that discuss individual differences in higher cortical functions: cognitive ability, language, and learning. Neuropsychological differences between the sexes and in the expression of psychopathological and neurological conditions comprise the topics for the next three chapters. The final topical chapter provides a discussion of rehabilitation of neurological disorders in children, and the volume concludes with a synthesis of all contributions.

• behavior
• language
• learning
• neuropsychology
• perception
• psychology

• Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA

  Lawrence C. Hartlage

• Cuyahoga Special Education Service Center, Maple Heights, USA

  Cathy F. Telzrow

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