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Developmental Language Disorders: From Phenotypes to Etiologies is
based on the recent conference of the same name sponsored by the
Merrill Advanced Studies Center of the University of Kansas. In the
past 10 years, considerable advances have taken place in our
understanding of genetic and environmental influences on language
disorders in children. Significant research in behavioral
phenotypes, associated neurocortical processes, and the genetics of
language disorders has laid the foundation for further
breakthroughs in understanding the reasons for overlapping
etiologies, as well as the unique aspects of some phenotypes. Too
often the findings are disseminated in a fragmented way because of
the discrete diagnostic categories of affectedness. This volume
attempts to assimilate and integrate the findings of the
transdisciplinary research toward a more coherent picture of
behavioral descriptions, brain imaging studies, genetics, and
intervention technologies in language impairment. The contributing
authors are all scholars with active programs of research funded by
the National Institutes of Health involving diverse clinical groups
of children with language impairments.
Developmental Language Disorders: From Phenotypes to Etiologies is
based on the recent conference of the same name sponsored by the
Merrill Advanced Studies Center of the University of Kansas. In the
past 10 years, considerable advances have taken place in our
understanding of genetic and environmental influences on language
disorders in children. Significant research in behavioral
phenotypes, associated neurocortical processes, and the genetics of
language disorders has laid the foundation for further
breakthroughs in understanding the reasons for overlapping
etiologies, as well as the unique aspects of some phenotypes. Too
often the findings are disseminated in a fragmented way because of
the discrete diagnostic categories of affectedness. This volume
attempts to assimilate and integrate the findings of the
transdisciplinary research toward a more coherent picture of
behavioral descriptions, brain imaging studies, genetics, and
intervention technologies in language impairment. The contributing
authors are all scholars with active programs of research funded by
the National Institutes of Health involving diverse clinical groups
of children with language impairments.
The past decade has brought important new advances in the fields of
genetics, behavioral genetics, linguistics, language acquisition,
studies of language impairment, and brain imaging. Although these
advances are each highly relevant to the determination of what a
child is innately prepared to bring to language acquisition, the
contributing fields of endeavor have traditionally been relatively
self-contained, with little cross communication. This volume was
developed with the belief that there is considerable value to be
gained in the creation of a shared platform for a dialogue across
the disciplines. Leading experts in genetics, linguistics, language
acquisition, language impairment, and brain imaging are brought
together for the purpose of exploring the current evidence,
theoretical issues, and research challenges in a way that bridges
disciplinary boundaries and points toward future developments in
the search for the genetic and environmental bases of language
acquisition and impairments. This collection provides discussions
and summaries of: *breakthrough findings of the genetic
underpinnings of dyslexia; *theoretical and empirical developments
in the specification of a phenotype of language acquisition and
impairment; *evidence of familiarity and twin concordances of
specific language impairment; and *new evidence from brain imaging.
It concludes with a critical response from an advocate of rational
empiricism.
The past decade has brought important new advances in the fields of
genetics, behavioral genetics, linguistics, language acquisition,
studies of language impairment, and brain imaging. Although these
advances are each highly relevant to the determination of what a
child is innately prepared to bring to language acquisition, the
contributing fields of endeavor have traditionally been relatively
self-contained, with little cross communication. This volume was
developed with the belief that there is considerable value to be
gained in the creation of a shared platform for a dialogue across
the disciplines. Leading experts in genetics, linguistics, language
acquisition, language impairment, and brain imaging are brought
together for the purpose of exploring the current evidence,
theoretical issues, and research challenges in a way that bridges
disciplinary boundaries and points toward future developments in
the search for the genetic and environmental bases of language
acquisition and impairments. This collection provides discussions
and summaries of: *breakthrough findings of the genetic
underpinnings of dyslexia; *theoretical and empirical developments
in the specification of a phenotype of language acquisition and
impairment; *evidence of familiarity and twin concordances of
specific language impairment; and *new evidence from brain imaging.
It concludes with a critical response from an advocate of rational
empiricism.
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