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Neuropsychology is a specialized branch of psychology which focuses on the relationship between the brain and human functions including cognition, behaviour, and emotion. With an emphasis on a scientific approach which includes analysing quantitative data, neuropsychology follows an information processing approach to brain activity using standard assessments to evaluate various mental functions. This book examines the standardized battery of tests in neuropsychology, with a particular focus on forensic applications of these tests, suggesting that a united theory of assessment needs to be es
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This is a major revision of a standard reference work for neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, and neurologists. About one-half of the book contains entirely new work by new contributors. New topics not covered in the previous editions include consideration of common sources of neurocognitive morbidity, such as multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and exposure to heavy metals; psychiatric and behavioral disorders associated wtih traumatic brain injury; neuropsychology in relation to everyday functioning; the effects of cognitive impairment on driving skills, and adherence to medical treatments. The Thi
Mental illness --- Nervous system --- Neuropsychological tests. --- Neuropsychological assessment --- Neuropsychological evaluation --- Tests, Neuropsychological --- Clinical neuropsychology --- Neurologic examination --- Psychological tests --- Psychiatric diagnosis --- Psychodiagnostics --- Diagnosis. --- Diseases
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This book offers Australian mental health clinicians a locally written guide to the clinical interpretation of cognitive assessments using the Wechsler scales, including the WAIS-IV, the WMS-IV and the Advanced Clinical Solutions for WAIS-IV and WMS-IV. Using Australian case material, the reader is provided with empirical and interpretative analysis based upon the varying State legal requirements, the range of sociocultural uses to which intellectual assessment is put, and consideration of appropriate norms.
Neuropsychological tests. --- Cognition --- Cognition disorders. --- Cognitive disorders --- Psychology, Pathological --- Neuropsychological assessment --- Neuropsychological evaluation --- Tests, Neuropsychological --- Clinical neuropsychology --- Neurologic examination --- Psychological tests --- Testing.
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Today's APN and PA programs have been allocating less time to the study of neurology, leaving new practitioners with an uncertain grasp of how to approach the neurologic patient. Here is a ""how to"" manual for knowledgably conducting the basic neurological examination and confidently applying exam findings to the interpretation of common neurologic symptoms. It explains all facets of the standard neuro exam that is conducted in a clinic or hospital setting including useful algorithms. The book then focuses on using the exam results to determine a likely diagnosis and/or area of concern for fu
Neuropsychological tests. --- Clinical neuropsychology --- Behavioral neurology --- Neurology, Behavioral --- Clinical psychology --- Neuropsychology --- Neuropsychological assessment --- Neuropsychological evaluation --- Tests, Neuropsychological --- Neurologic examination --- Psychological tests --- Practice.
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This book serves as a comprehensive and practical guide on cranial nerve intraoperative monitoring for audiology students and audiologists. The handbook was written with the student, fellow and relatively novice monitoring clinician in mind. However, individuals beyond a beginner level can also benefit from this book, which is illustrated with cases and appropriate figures to guide the learning and reviewing of intraoperative monitoring applications.
Neuropsychological tests. --- Intraoperative monitoring. --- Monitoring, Intraoperative --- Patient monitoring --- Therapeutics, Surgical --- Neuropsychological assessment --- Neuropsychological evaluation --- Tests, Neuropsychological --- Clinical neuropsychology --- Neurologic examination --- Psychological tests
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Written by a multidisciplinary team of experts in neurobehavior, this concise, well-illustrated book provides normative data on clock drawing from ages 20 to 90 years. A practical guide to the quantitative assessment of clock drawing, it also takes a process-oriented approach to qualitative impairment. The authors discuss clock drawing as a neuropsychological test instrument and the rationale for selecting specific time settings, as well as the basis for using different clock conditions. The book contains numerous examples of clocks drawn by patients with cognitive impairment due to dementia,
Neuropsychological tests. --- Brain damage --- Dementia --- Cognition disorders --- Alzheimer's disease --- Aphrenia --- Aphronesia --- Athymia --- Dementias --- Brain --- Neurobehavioral disorders --- Psychoses --- Neuropsychological assessment --- Neuropsychological evaluation --- Tests, Neuropsychological --- Clinical neuropsychology --- Neurologic examination --- Psychological tests --- Diagnosis. --- Diseases
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This text clearly presents a multitude of variables that potentially affect the results of neuropsychological tests. THe chapter authors, all noted experts in their respective fields, begin with a general discussion of neuropsychological constructs known to impact performance on neuropsychological tests, including demographics, personality, and sociocultural factors. They then present an empirical approach to assessment. They focus on the disorders under discussion (not solely the tests that might be used in diagnosis) and reflect the contributions the field has made to detecting differences i
Neuropsychological tests. --- Clinical neuropsychology. --- Diagnosis, Differential. --- Nervous system --- Differential diagnosis --- Diagnosis --- Behavioral neurology --- Neurology, Behavioral --- Clinical psychology --- Neuropsychology --- Neuropsychological assessment --- Neuropsychological evaluation --- Tests, Neuropsychological --- Clinical neuropsychology --- Neurologic examination --- Psychological tests --- Diseases --- Diagnosis.
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Is the Ego nothing but our brain? Are our mental and psychological states nothing but neuronal states of our brain? Though Sigmund Freud rejected a neuroscientific foundation for psychoanalysis, recent knowledge in neuroscience has provided novel insights into the brain and its neuronal mechanisms. This has also shed light on how the brain itself contributes to the differentiation between neuronal and psychological states. In Neuropsychoanalysis in Practice , Georg Northoff discusses the various neuronal mechanisms that may enable the transformation of neuronal into psychological states, looki
Neuropsychological tests. --- Neurosciences. --- Psychoanalysis. --- Psychology --- Psychology, Pathological --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Nervous system --- Neuropsychological assessment --- Neuropsychological evaluation --- Tests, Neuropsychological --- Clinical neuropsychology --- Neurologic examination --- Psychological tests --- Brain --- Consciousness. --- Neuropsychiatry --- physiology. --- methods.
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Assessment in Neuropsychology is a practical and comprehensive handbook for neuropsychologists and other professionals who use neuropsychological tests in their everyday work. Each chapter outlines assessment procedures for specific functions such as language, visual impairment and memory. Case studies are used to illustrate their applications, pointing the professional towards the most relevant assessments for their clients' needs, and where and how they can be acquired. Leonora Harding and John R. Beech also explore new developments in neurological and neuropsychological assessment
Neuropsychological tests. --- Neurologic examination. --- Nervous system --- Neurological examination --- Physical diagnosis --- Neuropsychological assessment --- Neuropsychological evaluation --- Tests, Neuropsychological --- Clinical neuropsychology --- Neurologic examination --- Psychological tests --- Examination --- Diseases --- Diagnosis --- Neuropsychologie --- Kinderen --- Linguïstiek --- Logopedie --- Kind --- Jeugd --- Media --- Ontwikkelingsstoornis --- Fysiotherapie --- Neuropsychological Tests.
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In Eye Movement Disorders in Clinical Practice, a leading expert with over thirty years of teaching experience in neurology and neuro-ophthalmology offers comprehensive instruction on the diagnosis and treatment of all varieties of eye movement disorders. This important new text reflects the importance of correlating clinical signs of disorders in the oculomotor system with their neuroanatomic and neurophysiologic architecture. With its focus on signs and symptoms, the book advances lesion localization of eye movement disorders as the central clinical concern. The reader is also presented with
Eye --- Diagnosis, Differential --- Neuropsychological tests --- Neuropsychological assessment --- Neuropsychological evaluation --- Tests, Neuropsychological --- Clinical neuropsychology --- Neurologic examination --- Psychological tests --- Differential diagnosis --- Diagnosis --- Eyeball --- Eyes --- Visual system --- Face --- Photoreceptors --- Vision --- Movement disorders --- Diagnosis.
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