The neurological side of neuropsychology

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The neurological side of neuropsychology

Richard E. Cytowic

MIT Press, c1996

  • : hc : alk. paper

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"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [487]-518) and index

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Description

Neurologists, neuropsychologists, and cognitive scientists work with many of the same problems and patients and yet know little about the literature and approaches of the other disciplines. The Neurological Side of Neuropsychology is a primer for neurology residents, graduate students, and established professionals from other fields who wish to enter behavioral neurology. It provides a clear and coherent introduction to contemporary neurological ideas, carefully contrasting the conventional hierarchical model of brain organization to the newer multiplex model that scientists from biological backgrounds currently use. Instead of presenting laundry lists of arcane maladies along with a key of "where in the brain the responsible lesion is," or a compendium of tests for a given situation-the received wisdom that students are required to memorize-Cytowic gives students the historical and conceptual tools they need not only to get up to speed regarding present knowledge, but to go forward.

Table of Contents

  • What is neuropsychology? Part 1 Conceptualizations: concepts of mind
  • concepts of neural tissue. Part 2 Clinical assessment: how to examine a patient
  • formal neuropsychological assessment
  • localization
  • symptoms caused by focal lesions in the cerebrum. Part 3 Specific neuropsychological topics: disconnection syndromes
  • emotion, consciousness, and subjectivity
  • memory and amnesia
  • dementia - an example of diffuse disease
  • the epilepsies
  • spatial knowledge
  • language.

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