The relevance of developmental-psychobiological metatheory to developmental neuropsychology.

Developmental traumatology: the psychobiological development of maltreated children and its implications for research, treatment, and policy.

In this review, a developmental traumatology model of child maltreatment and the risk for the intergenerational cycle of abuse and neglect using a mental health or posttraumatic stress model was described. Published data were reviewed that support the hypothesis that the psychobiological sequelae of child maltreatment may be regarded as an environmentally induced complex developmental disorder....

اثربخشی آموزش کارکردهای اجرایی (بازداری پاسخ) بر میزان تکانشگری کودکان پیش‌دبستانی دارای اختلال هماهنگی رشد: پژوهش موردی

Objectives: The present study aims to investigate the efficacy of executive functions training (response inhibition) on the rate of impulsivity in preschool children with developmental coordination disorder in Isfahan city.  Materials & Methods: The participants of this study were three preschool children which were recognized to have developmental coordination disorder. To collect data, we ...

The Neuropsychology of Sport and Performance.

Psychobiological models of adolescent risk: implications for prevention and intervention.

The papers in this special section address the phenomena of observed increases in risky behavior during the adolescent period of development. Authors provide well-documented evidence that adolescents are at greater risk for a range of psychological and behavioral problems during this period than at any other time in development. The papers share a developmental and psychobiological perspective ...

Developmental disorders: what can be learned from cognitive neuropsychology?

The discipline of cognitive neuropsychology has been important for informing theories of cognition and describing the nature of acquired cognitive disorders, but its applicability in a developmental context has been questioned. Here, we revisit this issue, asking whether the cognitive neuropsychological approach can be helpful for exploring the nature and causes of developmental disorders and, ...