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Clinical Neuropsychology is a vast and varied field that focuses on the treatment, assessment and diagnosis of a range of cognitive disorders through a study and understanding of neuroanatomy and the relationship between the brain and human behavior.
This handbook focuses on the assessment, diagnosis and rehabilitation of cognitive disorders.
It provides in-depth coverage on a variety of content, including psychometrics, neuropsychological test batteries (computer based cognitive assessment systems) and assessment applications.
This handbook is vital for clinical neuropsychologists
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Clinical Neuropsychology is a vast and varied field that focuses on the treatment, assessment and diagnosis of a range of cognitive disorders through a study and understanding of neuroanatomy and the relationship between the brain and human behavior.

This handbook focuses on the assessment, diagnosis and rehabilitation of cognitive disorders.

It provides in-depth coverage on a variety of content, including psychometrics, neuropsychological test batteries (computer based cognitive assessment systems) and assessment applications.

This handbook is vital for clinical neuropsychologists and postgraduate students and researchers hoping to apply a knowledge of neuropsychology to clinical settings and effectively assess, diagnose and treat patients suffering from cognitive disorders.

PART I BACKGROUND CONSIDERATIONS

PART II DOMAIN-SPECIFIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES

PART III GENERAL COGNITIVE TEST BATTERIES

PART IV LEGACY NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST BATTERIES

PART V COMPUTERISED BATTERIES, TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND TELENEUROPSYCHOLOGY

PART VI NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT APPLICATIONS
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Professor Boyle has spent over three decades undertaking quantitative research in the field of psychometrics, as related to the measurement of individual differences inpersonality, intelligence, and motivation, as well as undertaking studies within the fields of neuropsychology, clinical psychology, and educational psychology. In more recent years, he has applied his extensive research skills to studies within the broad fields of medical/health psychology, and has undertaken many studies within thearea of women's health. Lately, he has focused his attention more on research topics pertaining to men's health.
Yaakov Stern is the Florence Irving Professor of Neuropsychology in the departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, as well as the Taub Institute for the Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is chief of the Cognitive Neuroscience Division of the Department of Neurology. His research work focuses on cognition in normal aging and diseases of aging, including exploring the neural implementation of cognitive reserve, structural and functional imaging of cognitive aging, and modeling the natural history of Alzheimer's disease.