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Neuropsychology /
The field of neuropsychology has grown rapidly in recently years. New developments have been of interest across disciplines to cognitive, clinical, and experimental psychologists as well as neuroscientists. Neuropsychology presents a comprehensive overview of where the field stands now relative to a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego, California ; London :
Academic Press,
1994.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | Handbook of perception and cognition (2nd ed.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Handbook of Perception and Cognition; Copyright; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1: History of Neuropsychology; Publisher Summary; I ROOTS OF THE WORD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; II NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOCALIZATION THEORY; III THE BIRTH OF CORTICAL LOCALIZATION THEORY; IV THE DISCOVERY OF ADDITIONAL CORTICAL CENTERS; V HIGHER FUNCTIONS AND THE ASSOCIATION AREAS; VI NEUROPSYCHOLOGY'S DEBT TO ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY; VII FACTS, THEORIES, AND THE FUTURE OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; Chapter 2: Neuroanatomy: Brain Structure and Function.
- Publisher SummaryI INTRODUCTION; II CYTOARCHITECTURE: FUNCTIONAL CORRELATES AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; III FUNCTIONAL LOCALIZATION: THE CORTICAL LOBES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS; IV IMAGING THE LIVING BRAIN; V MEASURING THE BRAIN: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; VI CONCLUSION; Chapter 3: Evolution of the Brain; Publisher Summary; I GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; II THE EVIDENCE; III QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; IV QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS: LIVING VERTEBRATES; V QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS: FOSSILS; VI CONCLUSIONS; Acknowledgments; Chapter 4: Neuropsychology of Perceptual Functions; Publisher Summary; I INTRODUCTION.
- II NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF VISIONIII NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF AUDITION; IV OTHER MODALITIES; V CONCLUDING REMARKS; Chapter 5: Neuropsychology of Attention; Publisher Summary; I INTRODUCTION; II ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; III NEGLECT IN PERCEPTION; IV REPRESENTATIONS AND CONSCIOUSNESS; V CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 6: Brain and Language; Publisher Summary; I BRAIN AND LANGUAGE SYSTEMS: THE CLASSICAL MODEL; II MODERN NEUROLINGUISTICS: A DEPARTURE FROM THE CLASSICAL MODEL; III IMAGING: THE BRAIN AT WORK; Chapter 7: Emotion and the Brain: A Distributed Modular Network Mediating Emotional Experience.
- Publisher SummaryI INTRODUCTION; II FEEDBACK THEORIES; III CENTRAL THEORIES; IV DIMENSIONAL ORGANIZATION OF EMOTIONS; V OVERVIEW; Chapter 8: Neuropsychology of the Prefrontal Cortex; Publisher Summary; I INTRODUCTION; II THE EFFECTS OF BRAIN DAMAGE IN PREFRONTAL CORTEX ON HIGHER COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; III PATIENTS WITH DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS; IV THE EFFECTS OF PREFRONTAL DAMAGE ON SUBJECT RESPONSE; V MODELS OF PREFRONTAL LOBE FUNCTIONS; VI EVOLUTIONARY COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVES; VII DEVELOPMENT AND DECLINE OF STRUCTURED EVENT COMPLEXES AND THE MANAGERIAL KNOWLEDGE UNIT.
- VIII STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE STRUCTURED EVENT COMPLEX AND MANAGERIAL KNOWLEDGE UNITIX SUMMARY; X MORE COMMENTS ON METHODOLOGY; XI CONCLUSIONS; Acknowledgment; Chapter 9: Neuropsychology of Movement Sequencing Disorders and Apraxia; Publisher Summary; I MODELS OF APRAXIA; II DISRUPTIONS TO THE CONCEPTUAL SYSTEM; III DISRUPTIONS TO THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM; IV APRAXIA AND THE COGNITIVE-MOTOR INTERFACE; Acknowledgment; Chapter 10: Developmental Aspects of Neuropsychology: Childhood; Publisher Summary.