Includes bibliographical references and index.

The nature of the interactions between brain, behavior, and experience : framing multiple perspectives / Maria Mody and Elaine R. Silliman -- Atypical neurodevelopmental variation as a basis for learning disorders / Jeffrey W. Gilger and Michael A. Wilkins -- Emergentism and language impairment in children : it's all about change / Julia L. Evans -- Critical periods in second-language learning : distinguishing phenomena from explanations / John T. Bruer -- The language-reading interface : associations and dissociations within an atypically developing system / Maria Mody and Elaine R. Silliman -- Defining and differentiating dysgraphia, dyslexia, and language learning disability within a working memory model / Virginia W. Berninger -- Processing measures of cognitive-linguistic interactions for children with language impairment and reading disabilities / Jennifer Windsor and Kathryn Kohnert -- Functional neuroimaging of normal and atypical spoken language / Deborah A. Weber and William Davis Gaillard -- Magnetoencephalographic indices of brain mechanisms for language comprehension / Panagiotis G. Simos, Shirin Sarkari, and Andrew C. Papanicolaou -- Dyslexia: a new look at neural substrates / Sally E. Shaywitz, Jeffrey R. Gruen, and Bennett A. Shaywitz -- Reading development in children at risk for dyslexia / Brian Byrne, Donald P. Shankweiler, and Donald W. Hine -- Learning to read and reading to learn : the interaction among cognitive capacity, linguistic abilities, and the learning environment / Maria Mody and Elaine R. Silliman -- Fostering form and meaning in emerging literacy using evidence-based practice / Ann van Kleeck and Elizabeth Norlander -- Language and reading development reflect dynamic mixes of learning conditions / Keith E. Nelson and Marnie E. Arkenberg -- Individual differences in oral language and reading : it's a matter of experience / Elaine R. Silliman and Maria Mody.