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provides a theoretically based model for neuropsychological assessment of children, adolescents, and adults with learning disabilities / the chapter is divided into sections dealing with the definitions and symptoms of learning disabilities, conceptual issues in the diagnosis of learning disability, the epidemiology and pathophysiology of learning disabilities, an overview of subtyping research and selected neuropsychological research on learning disabilities, and finally a neuropsychological approach to clinical assessment of children, adolescents, and adults with learning disabilities / case examples are provided as well (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved)