Contents

Abstracts

The Journal

From the Guest Editors

Empirical Research in Mental Retardation: European Contributions

External Memory and Verbalization in Students with Moderate Mental Retardation: Theory and Training

Delphine O. Rinaldi, Marco G. P. Hessels, Fredi P. Büchel, Christine Hessels-Schlatter, & Nadine M. Kipfer

Laterality and Cognitive Performance in Mental Retardation

Serafino Buono & Santo Di Nuovo

The Fragile-X Syndrome: What about the Deficit in the Pragmatic Component of Language?

Annick Comblain & Mouna Elbouz

Local and Global Processing by Persons with Williams Syndrome

Michèle Fayasse & Jean-Pierre Thibaut

Analysis of the Response Patterns of Children with Moderate Mental Retardation on a Working Memory Task

Marco G. P. Hessels

Working Memory Deficits in Individuals with Down Syndrome

Sylvia Lanfranchi, Cesare Cornoldi, & Renzo Vianello

What's New in Cognitive Education?

Abstracts of Theses and Dissertations

Student Teachers' Stress and Social Problem-Solving Skills

Cameron Montgomery

Bright Start Curriculum in the Cognitive Rehabilitation of Dysphasic Pupils During their First School Year

Vesa Nevalainen

Book Review

Many Perspectives and Applications on a Single Theme: A Joint Review of Three Books on Dynamic Assessment

Ruth Deutsch

Instructions for Authors