Description Part I considers theoretical perspectives in bridging developmental neuroscience with child psychology, with the role of neuroscience
furthering our understanding of the child's mental development, and a separate chapter outlines the importance of plasticity in this
growth. Chapters also cover methodological issues arising from epidemiological perspectives and from psychometric concepts and issues.
Methods for measuring biological brain function and structure and their particular application to child neuropsychological disorders
are covered next, including ERP, PET, SPECT, MRI and fMRI technologies. Included is a chapter devoted to childhood seizure disorders.
Separate chapters follow on neuropsychological assessment in infancy, in the preschool child, and in school-aged children. Following
this are presentations on the development of motor control, including handedness, and somatosensory perception.
