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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Morton, John

Titel

Understanding Developmental Disorders : A Causal Modelling Approach [electronic resource]

Link zum Volltext

• Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Books

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Understanding Developmental Disorders: A Causal Modelling Approach; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introducing Cause; Chapter 2 Introducing Cognition; Chapter 3 Representing Causal Relationships: Technical and Formal Considerations; Chapter 4 Autism: How Causal Modelling Started; Chapter 5 The What and the How; Chapter 6 Competing Causal Accounts of Autism; Chapter 7 The Problem of Diagnosis; Chapter 8 A Causal Analysis of Dyslexia; Chapter 9 The Hyperkinetic Confusions; Chapter 10 Theories of Conduct Disorder; Chapter 11 Tying in Biology; Chapter 12 To Conclude; References
• Name IndexSubject Index;
• A long-awaited book from developmental disorders expert John Morton, Understanding Developmental Disorders: A Causal Modelling Approach makes sense of the many competing theories about what can go wrong with early brain development, causing a child to develop outside the normal range.:.; Based on the idea that understanding developmental disorders requires us to talk about biological, cognitive, behavioral and environmental factors, and to talk about causal relationships among these elements.; Explains what causal modelling is and how to do it.; Compares different theories about particular dev
• English