ABSTRACT
Modern-day clinical neuropsychology is roughly 60 years old, although the use of neuropsychological data has undergone considerable change within the last 10 years or so. It could be safely argued that the primary use of neuropsychological test data until very recently was to assist in neurological diagnosis and localization of cognitive and mental functions to various brain regions. The pioneer works of Ward Halstead, Ralph Reitan, and Alexander Luria exemplified the early localization studies. Their work has since been built upon by such notable neuropsychologists and behavioral neurologists as Edith Kaplan, Arthur Benton, Frank Benson, Henry Hecaen, Antonio Damasio, Martin Alpert, and Nelson Butters, to name but a few. The contributions of these and others have established the field of clinical neuropsychology as a very respected clinical addition to related fields such as neurology, neuropsychiatry, gerontology, physiatry, neuropharmacology, and psychopathology.
