Clinical Neuropsychology

Clinical Neuropsychology is an up-to-the minute overview of the major and many interesting minor disorders and behavioral syndromes caused by localized brain damage or abnormal brain functioning. The text combines clinical findings with studies on normal, healthy individuals to provide a comprehensive picture of the human brain's operation and function. Biological rather than cognitive in emphasis, Clinical Neuropsychology integrates findings across a broad range of disciplines. This text serves as an up-to-date reference source for clinicians, researchers, and graduate students and as a textbook for advanced undergraduate courses on clinical neuropsychology. Coverage includes the ramifications of localized brain damage/abnormal brain functioning on emotion, thought, language, and behavior, illustrative case histories, chapter overviews, and more than 700 recent references.

• More than 700 recent references
• Extensive illustrations
• Interesting and unusual illustrative case histories from recent literature
• An overview and a list of important further readings end each chapter
• Comprehensive index

Inhalt

An Introduction to Clinical Neuropsychology
Disorders of Speech: The Aphasias
Disorders of Reading and Writing: The Alexias and the Agraphias
A Right-Hemisphere Contribution to Language and a Calculation Deficit
Disorders of Object Recognition: The Agnosias and Related Phenomena
Disorders of Spatial Cognition: Unilateral Neglect
The Acallosal Syndrome: Commissurotomy Studies
Disorders of Memory: The Amnesias
Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
Movement Control I: Cortical Systems and Apraxia
Movement Control II: Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia
Subcortical Movement Disorders I: Parkinson's Disease
Surcortical Movement Disorders II: Huntington's Disease
Other Movement and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Tics, Tourette's Syndrome, Obsessive--Compulsive Disorder, Autism and Affective Disorders, and Other Such Disabilities
A Disorder of Thought: Schizophrenia
Final Thoughts: The Present and Future Status of Experimental and Clinical Neuropsychology