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.
Classic Cases in Neuropsychology, Volume II
1st Edition
Edited
By Chris Code, Yves Joanette, Andre Roch Lecours, Claus-W. Wallesch
October 29, 2012
From a contemporary perspective, Classic Cases in Neuropsychology, Volume II reviews important and significant cases described in historical and modern literature where brain damage has been sustained. The single case study has always been of central importance to the discipline of neuropsychology....
Clinical and Neuropsychological Aspects of Closed Head Injury
1st Edition
By Dr J Richardson
March 15, 2002
In all industrialised countries, closed head injuries are responsible for vast numbers of hospital admissions and days of work lost. For instance, about 120,000 patients are admitted to hospital in the United Kingdom each year with a diagnosis that reflects closed head injury. Such injuries are a ...
Transcortical Aphasias
1st Edition
By Marcelo L. Berthier
March 02, 2001
Transcortical aphasias is the term used for syndromes in which the ability to repeat language is relatively preserved despite marked disturbances in other linguistic domains. Although there are a number of well-known reference texts on language disturbances after acquired brain damage that uncover ...
Spatial Neglect: A Clinical Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment
1st Edition
By Peter W. Halligan, Ian Robertson
February 13, 2001
Spatial neglect is a profound clinical problem as well as intriguing scientific problem. In the last ten years, there has been an explosion of interest in this disorder, which as a result is no longer viewed as a single entity, but rather as a number of different disorders. This book is an attempt ...
Communication Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury
1st Edition
Edited
By Skye McDonald, Chris Code, Leanne Togher
October 20, 2000
There are very few books available which are concerned with the unique communication problems that can come with traumatic brain injury (TBI). In recent years there has emerged a realisation that these difficulties in communication are closely tied to the cognitive, behavioural and social problems ...
Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology
1st Edition
By Christine Temple
May 01, 1997
How independent are different cognitive skills during development? Is the modularity seen in the studies of adult neuropsychology disorders mirrored by modularity in development? Are developmental neuropsychological disorders explicable against cognitive models? What restrictions are there to ...
Clinical Neuropsychology of Alcoholism
1st Edition
By Robert G Knight, Barry E. Longmore
April 01, 1996
Alcohol abuse is a major health problem in most parts of the world. This book focuses on the way in which alcohol affects the brain, with the aim of describing advances in the neuropsychology of alcoholism in a way that makes this work accessible to clinicians from a variety of backgrounds who ...
Classic Cases in Neuropsychology
1st Edition
Edited
By Chris Code, Yves Joanette, André Roch Lecours, Claus-W Wallesch
February 01, 1996
The importance of detailed examination and theoretical interpretation of the single case has been increasingly recognized in neuropsychology. This book brings together in one volume discussion of the classic cases which have shaped the way we think about the relationships between brain, behaviour ...
The Neuropsychology Of Schizophrenia
1st Edition
Edited
By JOHN P CUTTING, Anthony David
January 01, 1995
Schizophrenia is being increasingly viewed as a neurological disorder. The Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia addresses the key questions in modern schizophrenia research. How do abnormalities of the brain produce the characteristic signs and symptoms of this most severe and mysterious mental malady?...
Unilateral Neglect: Clinical And Experimental Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By John Marshall, Ian Robertson
July 01, 1993
Unilateral neglect is a fairly common disorder, usually associated with a stroke, which results in a neglect or lack of attention to one side of space usually, but not exclusively, the left. Theoretically, it is one of the most interesting and important areas in neuropsychology; practically, it is...
Acquired Neurological Speech/Language Disorders In Childhood
1st Edition
By Bruce E Murdoch
July 26, 1990
The long-held belief that acquired aphasia in children is primarily of the non-fluent type has been challenged in recent years. This book discusses language problems arising from cerebro-vascular accidents occurring in childhood, and from other...
The Characteristics Of Aphasia
1st Edition
Edited
By Chris Code
July 31, 1989
A survey of the main behavioural characteristics or symptoms of aphasia, which presents a series of essays on the history and current developments in this field of neuropsychological research. Contributors discuss recovery, rehabilitation and other contemporary issues....