摘要：Summary (Cognitive and linguistic developmental indexes in children with early focal brain lesion). - Prospective
studies of development following early focal brain injury have identified deficits across a range of
cognitive, linguistic and affective domains. In most cases these deficits are quite subtle and often not detected on
standardized behavioral tests. Nonetheless, more detailed tests of neuropsychological functioning have documented
subtle, persistent profiles of impairment. These contrasting findings have been cited in defense of two
conflicting beliefs: plasticity and hemispheric equipotentiality theories on one side and early hemispheric specialization
on the other. This paper shows some experimental data concerning studies from children with an
early focal brain lesion. Our aim is to describe the effects determined by the lesion on the cognitive development
and possible diagnostic and rehabilitative strategies
