Genetic Disorders and Learning Disabilities

Requests for reprints should be sent to Laurie E. Cutting, Ph.D., Kennedy Krieger Institute, Department of Developmental Cognitive Neurology, 707 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205. Electronic inquiries may be sent to [email protected].

Laurie E. Cutting is in the Department of Developmental Cognitive Neurology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and an Assistant Professor of Education at the Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests are focused on brain-behavior relationships in the areas of reading and reading disabilities, as well as ADHD and Neurofibromatosis Type 1.

Martha Bridge Denckla is currently Director of the Developmental Cognitive Neurology Clinic at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She holds the Batza Family Endowed Chair at Kennedy Krieger, and is also Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is the Director of the NICHD-funded Mental Retardation Developmental Disabilities Research Center and is principal investigator on a NINDS-funded grant investigating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in girls. Her current research interests are in understanding the cognitive component (executive dysfunction) implied by the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and the role of motor development as a cognitive precursor.