Book chapter
Social Outcome Following Early-Life Damage to Prefrontal Cortex
Principles of Frontal Lobe Function
Oxford University Press
02/01/2013
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199837755.003.0032
Abstract
Chapter 27 discusses how circumscribed damage to the prefrontal cortex (PFC) during the first few years of life results in the development of a primary social defect in the context of generally normal intellectual abilities, and how these neuropsychological impairments often persist into adulthood, and may be more severe than the consequences of similar injuries acquired later in life, due to developmental disruption of the acquisition of complex social conventions and moral rules. It then discusses how the longterm outcome can be optimized through early and sustained intervention involving environmental structuring, contingency management, and cognitivebehavioral instruction.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Social Outcome Following Early-Life Damage to Prefrontal Cortex
- Creators
- Donald T StussRobert T KnightDaniel TranelSteven W Anderson
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Principles of Frontal Lobe Function
- DOI
- 10.1093/med/9780199837755.003.0032
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Alternative title
- Section V. Social Neuroscience
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984002424402771
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