Special Issues of Cognitive Neuropsychology
Words and Things: Cognitive Neuropsychological Studies in Tribute to Eleanor M. Saffran: A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology
1st Edition
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By Marlene Behrmann, Karalyn Patterson
February 04, 2019
To understand mental function, we need to uncover the representations and processes underlying our ability to comprehend and to produce words, sentences,numbers and objects (or pictures of them). The unique contribution of the field of cognitive neuropsychology is the investigation of these ...
The Organisation of Conceptual Knowledge in the Brain: Neuropsychological and Neuroimaging Perspectives: A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology
1st Edition
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By Alfonso Caramazza, Alex Martin
June 23, 2015
Category-specific knowledge disorders are among the most intriguing and perplexing syndromes in cognitive neuropsychology. The past decade has witnessed increased interest in these disorders, due largely to a heightened appreciation of the profound implications that an understanding of concept ...
The Specialization of Function: Cognitive and Neural Perspectives on Modularity: A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology
1st Edition
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By Bradford Mahon, Jessica Cantlon
January 06, 2012
Functional specialization is a property of biological systems generally. A unifying theme that cuts across all research areas and techniques in the cognitive and brain sciences is whether there is specialization of function at levels of processing that are ‘abstracted away’ from sensory inputs and ...
Selective Deficits in Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology: A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology
1st Edition
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By Bradley C. Duchaine
August 31, 2006
Traditionally, cognitive neuropsychology has focused on selective impairments in individuals who suffered brain damage as adults. However, in recent years, there have been a number of cognitive neuropsychological studies of selective impairments due to developmental deficits. Papers in Selective ...