ABSTRACT
In a broad sense, neuropsychology stands for the branch of brain sciences that aims to understand how the structure and function of the brain relate to specific cognitive and psychological processes. The idea of developing a research field somewhere between neurology and cognitive psychology emerged in the 1960s as a result of studies conducted by both disciplines which, although using different methodologies and tools, were analysing the same issues. Neuropsychology particularly puts emphasis on the clinical and experimental study of the cognitive effects of brain injury or neurological diseases, taking models of normal cognitive functioning into account.
Neuropsychological Research: A Review provides a meticulous overview of what has been achieved in the field of cognitive neuropsychology from its early beginnings in the 1960s and 1970s to the present day. Authors include some of the pioneers involved in the genesis of neuropsychology as an independent and distinct field of neuroscience. The comprehensive coverage includes language disorders, skilled movement disorders, recognition disorders, attentional and executive disorders, visuo-perceptual disorders, memory disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases.
This fascinating text forms an enjoyable tribute to the rich heritage of neuropsychology, and will be essential reading for researchers and students of neuropsychology, clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, and behavioural neuroscience.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|58 pages
Section I Approaching the brain
part II|86 pages
Section II Language disorders
chapter 5|19 pages
The impact of right-hemisphere lesions on language abilities
part III|68 pages
Section III Skilled movement, music, and number-processing disorders
part IV|75 pages
Section IV Modality-specific recognition disorders
part V|104 pages
Section V Neglect, attentional, and executive disorders
chapter 19|28 pages
Measuring human cognition online by electrophysiological methods
part VI|101 pages
Section VI Memory disorders and neurodegenerative diseases
part VII|4 pages
Section VII Concluding remarks