Neuropsychological studies of nonfocal brain damage : dementia and trauma

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Neuropsychological studies of nonfocal brain damage : dementia and trauma

Harry A. Whitaker, editor

(Springer series in neuropsychology)

Springer-Verlag, c1988

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Includes bibliographies and indexes

収録内容

  • The neuropsychology of aging and dementia / Andrew A. Swihart and Francis J. Pirozzolo
  • Neuropsychological and computed tomographic identification in dementia / Erin D. Bigler
  • Dementia of the Alzheimer type / Jeffrey L. Cummings
  • Discourse performance in subjects with dementia of the Alzheimer type / Hanna K. Ulatowska ... [et al.]
  • Neuropsychological assessment and treatment of head trauma patients / Charles J. Long and J. Michael Williams
  • Automatic processing of frequency information in survivors of severe closed head injury / Felicia C. Goldstein and Harvey S. Levin
  • Linguistic competence and level of cognitive functioning in adults with traumatic closed head injury / Elizabeth H. Wiig, Elizabeth W. Alexander, and Wayne Secord
  • A paradigm shift in memory rehabilitation / Catherine A. Mateer and McKay Moore Sohlberg
  • Closed head trauma : somatic, ophthalmic, and cognitive impairments in nonhospitalized patients / Richard E. Cytowic, David A. Stump, and David C. Larned
  • Activation of semantic relations in Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease / Stan Smith, Nelson Butters, and Eric Granholm

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1 The Neuropsychology of Aging and Dementia: Clinical Issues.- Normal Aging.- The Dementias.- 2 Neuropsychological and Computed Tomographic Identification in Dementia.- Quantifying Cerebral Measurements.- Neuropsychological Findings in Dementia.- Neuropsychological-CT Scan Interrelationships.- Subgroup Analysis and Dementia: Neuropsychological, CT Scan, and Presenting Symptom Analysis.- Prediction of Deterioration.- Relationship of CT with Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography Scanning Techniques.- Summary.- 3 Dementia of the Alzheimer Type: Challenges of Definition and Clinical Diagnosis.- History of Clinical Diagnosis of DAT.- DAT Diagnostic Criteria.- Pathophysiological Correlates of DAT Clinical Manifestations.- Differential Diagnosis of DAT.- DAT and the Neurological Basis of Thought.- 4 Discourse Performance in Subjects with Dementia of the Alzheimer Type.- Subjects.- Materials and Methods.- Methods for Data Analysis.- Results.- Discussion.- Appendix 4.A: Language Samples from DAT Patients.- 5 Neuropsychological Assessment and Treatment of Head Trauma Patients.- The Problem.- Organic Factors.- Estimating Severity and Predicting Outcome.- The Recovery Model.- Preinjury Factors.- Cognitive Dysfunction.- Emotional Factors.- Social and Vocational Factors.- Rehabilitation.- 6 Automatic Processing of Frequency Information in Survivors of Severe Closed Head Injury.- Automatic/Effortful Framework.- Frequency Processing in Neurologically Intact Populations.- Studies of Frequency Processing in the Aged and Psychiatric/Neurological Groups.- Automatic and Effortful Processing in Survivors of Severe Closed Head Injury.- Implications of Automatic Processing Deficits for Amnesia.- 7 Linguistic Competence and Level of Cognitive Functioning in Adults with Traumatic Closed Head Injury.- Method.- Results.- Discussion.- Appendix 7.A.- 8 A Paradigm Shift in Memory Rehabilitation.- Traditional Approaches to Memory Rehabilitation.- Toward an Ecological Approach to Memory Rehabilitation.- Results of a Survey of Forgetting Experiences.- A Three-Pronged Approach to Memory Rehabilitation.- Conclusions.- 9 Closed Head Trauma: Somatic, Ophthalmic, and Cognitive Impairments in Nonhospitalized Patients.- Method.- Results.- Conclusions.- Appendix 9.A.- 10 Activation of Semantic Relations in Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s Disease.- Lexicosemantic Processing in HD.- Lexical and Semantic Priming in DAT.- General Discussion and Conclusions.- Author Index.

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