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Focusing on topics related to aging and dementia, this volume is introduced by two chapters dealing with age-related cognitive and neurobiological alterations in animals. The next chapter reviews the cognitive changes associated with normal aging. The gamut of symptoms that occur in Alzheimer's disease (AD) are then described and analyzed.

Divided into two parts, this volume considers theoretical perspectives in bridging developmental neuroscience with child psychology. It also includes chapters on visual development and on development in visually impaired children, followed by chapters on cognitive development in deaf children and on central auditory functions and their evaluation.

Considers theoretical perspectives in bridging developmental neuroscience with child psychology, with the role of neuroscience furthering our understanding of the child's mental development, and a separate chapter outlines the importance of plasticity in this growth. This Part I also features presentations on the development of motor control.

Contains 17 chapters divided into two sections. "Section 1: Introduction" presents the views of various authors discussing practical and theoretical issues of general interest. And, "Section 2: Attention" examines selective attention with chapters on visuo/spatial attentional phenomena and the temporal aspects of attention.