Journey from Cognition to Brain to Gene by Ursula Bellugi

Journey from Cognition to Brain to Gene by Ursula Bellugi

A blueprint for the investigation of neurodevelopmental disorders, this book presents the work of a team of scientists using a multidisciplinary, integrated approach to link genes with human behavior. Using Williams syndrome as a model, leading researchers in neuroanatomy, neurocognition, neurophysiology, and molecular genetics have built bridges between disciplines to link higher cognitive functions, their underlying neurobiological bases, and their molecular genetic underpinnings. One of the book's many strengths is that the scientists from each discipline studied the same individuals with Williams syndrome. As the book shows, Williams syndrome is a fascinating disorder because of the peaks and valleys among cognitive domains: severe intellectual deficits but remarkably spared and effusive language; specific impairment in spatial construction but great strength in face processing and sociability. By capitalizing on these dissociations in higher cognitive functioning, the book provides a model for the study of brain-behavior relationships as well as for the mapping of brain and behavior phenotypes to the genome and beyond.

Contributors
Ralph Adolphs, Twyla Alvarez, Lawrence Appelbaum, Ursula Bellugi, Dennis Burian, Xiao-Ning Chen, Michael Chiles, Stephan Eliez, Albert Galaburda, Hanao Hirota, Wendy Jones, Julie Korenberg, Zona Lai, Liz Lichtenberger, Alan Lincoln, Rumiko Matsuoka, Debra Mills, Helen Neville, Judy Reilly, Allan Reiss, Bruce Roe, Marie St. George, J. Eric Schmidtt, Erica Straus

George, Marie St: - Marie St. George is a Scientist at the Center for Research in Language at the University of California, San Diego.

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ISBN 13	9780262523127
ISBN 10	0262523124
Title	Journey from Cognition to Brain to Gene
Author	Ursula Bellugi
Series	Journey From Cognition To Brain To Gene
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	MIT Press Ltd
Year published	2001-10-26
Number of pages	150
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