| Description |
1 online resource (469 pages) |
| Series |
Psychology Library Editions: Neuropsychology Ser. ; v. 3 |
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Psychology Library Editions: Neuropsychology Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction; SECTION A: BASIC ISSUES; 2. Some Basic Principles of Neuropsychological Assessment; Introduction; Diagnostic Assessment; Decision Making; Measurement of Change; General Comments; 3. Current and Premorbid Intelligence Measures in Neuropsychological Assessment; Introduction; The Wechsler Adult Scales; Estimation of Premorbid Intelligence; 4. Assessment of Laterality; Introduction; Purposes of Laterality Assessment; Methods of Laterality Assessment |
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Observations of Preference in Children and the Mentally HandicappedOther Asymmetries; Assessment of Hand Skill; SECTION B: ASSESSMENT OF MAJOR PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; 5. Memory Assessment in Clinical Practice and Research; Introduction; Uses of Memory Tests for Clinical Purposes; A Review of Clinical Memory Tests; Research and Memory Test Development; Future Directions for Test Development; 6. Questionnaire and Checklist Approaches to Assessment of Everyday Memory Problems; Introduction; Everyday Memory Assessment; Memory Questionnaires; 7. Assessment of Visuo-perceptual Dysfunction |
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IntroductionTraditional Assessment Approaches; Cognitive Neuropsychological Approaches; Conclusion; 8. Assessment of Deficits in Facial Processing; Introduction; The Benton Facial Recognition Test (1978); Conclusions; 9. The Assessment of Unilateral Neglect; Introduction; Clinical Presentation of Neglect; Nature of the Phenomenon; Types of Neglect Identified; Aetiology and Neuropathology; Top-Down/Bottom-up Processing Deficit; Natural History; Assessment of Neglect; Visual Neglect (Hemispatial Neglect); Conclusion; 10. Assessment of Language Dysfunction; Introduction |
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The Brain Language Speech ConnectionClassic Localisation of Damage; Overview; The Language Assessment Repertoire; Standard Assessments and Screening Tests; Classic Multimodal/Multidimensional Tests; Description of Selected Procedures; Recommendations; Conclusion; 11. The Assessment of Reading Disorders; Introduction; Functional Architecture; Psycholinguistic Method; Syndromes vs. Functions; Access to Phonology; Access to Semantics; Visual Functions; Conclusion; 12. Assessment of Attention; Introduction; Concepts of Attention; The Assessment of Attention; The Practical Approach |
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13. Assessment of Frontal Lobe DysfunctionIntroduction; Anatomical and Structural Factors; The Frontal Lobe Patient; Assessing Congitive Dysfunction; Mood and Personality; Conclusion; SECTION C: MAJOR CLINICAL DISORDERS; 14. The Neuropsychological Assessment of Dementia; Introduction: History, Medical and Psychiatric Diagnosis; Electroencephalographic (E.E.G.) and Neuroradiological Investigations; Psychological Tests in Dementia; The Testing Environment; Screening Assessment Procedures; Strategies for Neuropsychological Assessment; Assessment of Premorbid Intellectual Functioning |
| Notes |
Assessment of Current Intellectual Functioning |
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Print version record |
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Mental illness -- Diagnosis.
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Nervous system -- Diseases -- Diagnosis.
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Neuropsychological tests.
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Neuropsychiatry.
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Neuropsychological Tests
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alcohol.
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attention.
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closed head injury.
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dementia.
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drugs.
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executive dysfunction.
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language.
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memory.
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perception.
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stroke.
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Mental illness -- Diagnosis
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Nervous system -- Diseases -- Diagnosis
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Neuropsychiatry
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Neuropsychological tests
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Parker, Denis M
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McKinlay, William W
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| ISBN |
9780429954535 |
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0429954530 |
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9780429954528 |
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0429954522 |
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