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Biological and Neuropsychological Mechanisms

Life-span Developmental Psychology

• Edited by Hayne W. Reese, Michael D. Franzen

• Price: $65.00
• Binding: Hardback
• Pages: 272
• Published by: Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates)
• Publication Date: 1st January 1997
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-1152-0

About the Book

Consistent with preceding volumes in this series, the contributors represent a variety of disciplines related to the theme of the conference and the ensuing volume. In the present instance, the theme is biological and neuropsychological mechanisms in life-span psychological development and the disciplines represented are behavioral medicine, neurology, neuropsychology, psychophysiology, and psychology. The theme is expressed in theories and findings about genetic and environmental mechanisms; brain mechanisms; relations of physiological functioning in infancy to later development; physiological risk factors in infancy, adolescence, and old age; methodological and data analytic problems; and issues about the validity of neuropsychological assessment. This volume begins with overviews of theoretical and methodological issues and continues with chapters dealing with selected portions of the life span.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. S. Scarr, The Development of Individual Differences in Intelligence and Personality. J.R. Nesselroade, J.J. McArdle, On the Mismatching of Levels of Abstraction in Mathematical-Statistical Model Fitting. M.D. Franzen, P.A. Arnett, The Validity of Neuropsychological Assessment Procedures. D.L. Molfese, V.J. Molfese. L.A. Gill, S. Benshoff, Correlates of Language Development: Electrophysiological and Behavioral Measures. C.A. Nelson, Electrophysiological Correlates of Memory Development in the First Year of Life. D.E. Tupper, Neurological Risk Factors and Soft Signs in Early Neuropsychological Development. S.W. Porges, J.A. Doussard-Roosevelt, Early Physiological Patterns and Later Behavior. M. Kinsbourne, The Development of Lateralization. R.J. McCaffrey, C.A. Forneris, Adolescent Substance Abuse: A Biopsychosocial Perspective. R.W. Keefover, E.D. Rankin, Age-Related Risk Factors for Cognitive Impairment.