Brain, Behaviour and Cognition
About the Book Series
From being an area primarily on the periphery of mainstream behavioural and cognitive science, neuropsychology has developed in recent years into an area of central concern for a range of disciplines.
We are witnessing not only a revolution in the way in which brain-behaviour-cognition relationships are viewed, but also a widening of interest concerning developments in neuropsychology on the part of a range of workers in a variety of fields.
Major advances in brain-imaging techniques and the cognitive modelling of the impairments following brain injury promise a wider understanding of the nature of the representation of cognition and behaviour in the damaged and undamaged brain.
Neuropsychology is now centrally important for those working with brain-damaged people, but the very rate of expansion in the area makes it difficult to keep with findings from the current research.
The aim of the Brain, Behaviour and Cognition series is to publish a wide range of books that present comprehensive and up-to-date overviews of current developments in specific areas of interest.
These books will be of particular interest to those working with the brain-damaged. It is the editors' intention that undergraduates, postgraduates, clinicians and researchers in psychology, speech pathology, and medicine will find this series a useful source of information on important current developments.
The authors and editors of the books in the series are experts in their respective fields, working at the forefront of contemporary research. They have produced texts that are accessible and scholarly. We thank them for their contribution and their hard work in fulfilling the aims of the series.
Anomia: Theoretical and Clinical Aspects
2nd Edition
By Matti Laine, Nadine Martin
December 01, 2023
This important book provides a broad, integrated overview of current research on word-finding deficit, anomia, the most common symptom of language dysfunction occurring after brain damage. Besides its clinical importance, anomia gives a fascinating view on the inner workings of language in the ...
Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach
2nd Edition
By Vicki Anderson, Elisabeth Northam, Jacquie Wrennall
August 03, 2018
This fully updated edition of Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach addresses key issues in child neuropsychology with a unique emphasis on evidence-informed clinical practice rather than research issues. Although research findings are presented, they are described with emphasis ...
Perspectives on Agrammatism
1st Edition
Edited
By Roelien Bastiaanse, Cynthia K. Thompson
June 16, 2017
Agrammatic aphasia (agrammatism), resulting from brain damage to regions of the brain involved in language processing, affects grammatical aspects of language. Therefore, research examining language breakdown (and recovery) patterns in agrammatism is of great interest and importance to linguists, ...
Neurobehavioural Disability and Social Handicap Following Traumatic Brain Injury
2nd Edition
Edited
By Tom McMillan, Rodger Wood
February 02, 2017
Neurobehavioural disability (NBD) follows many forms of serious brain injury and is a major constraint on social independence. This book brings together a group of leading academics and practising clinicians to provide an overview of the nature of NBD, considering how it translates into social ...
Developmental Disorders of the Brain
2nd Edition
Edited
By Nicole J. Rinehart, John L. Bradshaw, Peter G. Enticott
October 26, 2016
Developmental Disorders of the Brain: Brain and Behaviour addresses disabilities that occur or have their roots in the early, developmental phase of life which are of utmost concern to parents, siblings, carers and teachers. This text describes the latest clinical and behavioral findings of ...
Neuropsychology of Art: Neurological, Cognitive, and Evolutionary Perspectives
2nd Edition
By Dahlia W. Zaidel
November 10, 2015
Fully updated, the second edition of Neuropsychology of Art offers a fascinating exploration of the brain regions and neuronal systems which support artistic creativity, talent and appreciation. This landmark book is the first to draw upon neurological, evolutionary, and cognitive perspectives, and...
Milestones in the History of Aphasia: Theories and Protagonists
1st Edition
By Juergen Tesak, Chris Code
August 07, 2015
Milestones in the History of Aphasia surveys the history of aphasia from its earliest mentions in ancient times, to the turn of the new millennium in 2000. The book takes a predominantly chronological approach starting with an examination of the earliest medical documents and medieval attempts to ...
Apraxia: The Neuropsychology of Action
1st Edition
Edited
By Leslie J. Gonzalez Rothi, Kenneth M. Heilman
May 21, 2015
The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a perspective on apraxia that considers a link between the pathology of apraxia and normal motor skill. In addition, it is the intention of the authors to provide information that is theoretically interesting as well as clinically applicable. ...
Clinical Perspectives on Primary Progressive Aphasia
1st Edition
Edited
By Lyndsey Nickels, Karen Croot
April 20, 2015
Primary progressive aphasia is a type of dementia that progressively impairs language abilities (speaking, understanding, reading and writing) and may eventually affect other aspects of thinking, movement and/or personality. For the person with primary progressive aphasia, these problems have a ...
Social and Communication Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury
2nd Edition
Edited
By Skye McDonald, Leanne Togher, Chris Code
November 12, 2013
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can seriously disrupt the social and communication skills that are basic requirements for everyday life. It is the loss of these interpersonal skills that can be the most devastating for people with TBI and their families. Although there are many books that focus upon ...
The Neuropsychology of Smell and Taste
1st Edition
By G. Neil Martin
August 14, 2013
Smell and taste are our most misunderstood senses. Given a choice between losing our sense of smell and taste, or our senses of sight and hearing, most people nominate the former, rather than the latter. Yet our sense of smell and taste has the power to stir up memories, alter our mood and even ...
Category Specificity in Brain and Mind
1st Edition
Edited
By Emer Forde, Glyn Humphreys
December 05, 2012
Some of the most fascinating deficits in neuropsychology concern the failure to recognise common objects from one semantic category, such as living things, when there is no such difficulty with objects from another, such as non-living things. Over the past twenty years, numerous cases of these '...