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PART I: EARLY-LIFE NEURAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; 1. Principles ofneural development; 2. Chronology of gross neural development; 3. Developmentof functional systems; 4. Cerebral organization; 5. Cognitive development;PART II: ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; 6. Newborn and infantassessment; 7. Critical periods, plasticity and recovery of function; 8.Disconnection syndromes; 9. Classification, epidemiology, and researchdesigns; PART III: DISORDERS OF DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES; 10.Chromosomal and genetic disorders; 11. Structural abnormalities; 12.Prematurity and low birth weight; 13. Infections; 14. Toxic damage; 15.Nutritional disorders; 16. Anoxic episoders; 17. Traumatic brain injury; 18.Focal neurological disorders; 19. Convulsive disorders; 20. Hemispherectomyand other surgical manipulations; PART IV: DISTURBANCES OF FUNCTION; 21. Softneurological signs and their significance; 22. Attentional disorders andhyperactivity