[Child neuropsychology in the next millennium].
BACKGROUND
The progress made in recent decades in neuropsychology has meant a major advance in the recognition of sub-types of various disorders of nervous development.


METHODS
Recognition of symptomatology by means of a fragmental study of the components of all the different systems for obtaining information brings to light new therapeutic options. The different neuropsychological tests are used to study not only the final development of a particular ability but also how this has been achieved. Study of the type of mistakes made by each child permits recognition of the neuro-cognitive profile used. Cognitive rehabilitation of different processes presenting in infancy and adolescence offers the possibility of acquiring an alternative system of learning to minimize or substitute for deficiency. This is possible in cases affecting secondary or tertiary processing areas.


CONCLUSIONS
The recognition of alternative routines, used to overcome specific disorders of nervous system development, makes one reflect on the way in which information is acquired, processed and produced by the brain and the possibility of generating auxiliary strategies for processing, even in healthy brains, so that perhaps options will be available in the case of future lesions (aphasia, Alzheimer's disease, etc.).
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Laboratorio para el estudio de las Funciones Cerebrales Superiores, Buenos Aires, Argentina. metchepareborda@janssen.com.ar
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009484:Neuropsychology / Q000639:trends*