Review Questions

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1		What are the cellular processes underlying brain development? How does an animal brain react to experimental lesions during development? What is myelination and how is it related to higher-order functions?



2		What methods are utilized to study higher-order functions in the developing brain?



3		What evidence is given for the innate quality of language? Is language strictly lateralized to the left hemisphere? How is lateralization studied?



4		What are the known causes of developmental brain abnormalities?



5		What is a learning disability? What are some of the hypotheses that have evolved to explain learning disabilities?



6		What is attention deficit disorder? What theories have been posited to explain ADD? What brain area is identified as a candidate for dysfunction? Why?



7		What are the characteristics identified with autism? What do cognitive theories mean by the lack of "theory of mind" in autistic individuals? What are some of the theories behind autism, and how have they changed?

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