Sarah E MacPherson, Sergio Della Sala

Handbook of Frontal Lobe Assessment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

There are several tests used in clinical practice and research worldwide that have been devised to assess the functions subsumed by the frontal lobes of the brain. This book provides a critical review and appraisal of both the neuropsychological and experimental tests that have been devised to assess frontal lobe functions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 154mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 663g
• ISBN-13: 9780199669523
• ISBN-10: 019966952X
• Artikelnr.: 42122875

Autorenporträt

Sarah MacPherson's main research interest is frontal lobe functions in healthy ageing and damaged brains. She is an action editor for Cortex and Treasurer of the British Neuropsychology Society. Sergio Della Sala's main research interest is cognitive neuropsychology, on this topic he authored over 500 peer-reviewed papers. He is editor of Cortex and current President of the British Neuropsychology Society.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction: Fractionating the Frontal Lobe Syndrome
2: Abstraction
3: Initiation and Inhibition
4: Mental Flexibility
5: Multitasking
6: Problem Solving and Judgment
7: Working Memory
8: Emotional Processing
9: Social Decision-Making
10: Theory of Mind
11: Test Summary Tables
12: Overall Summary Table