Handbook of Neuropsychology: v. 1

In recent years there has been an enormous increase in interest into disorders of higher cortical functions and into brain-behavior relationships. The Handbook of Neuropsychology has been planned as a reference source that will provide for the first time comprehensive and current coverage of both experimental and clinical aspects of neuropsychology. The chapter authors have produced in-depth reviews that go beyond a summary of their results and points of view. Each chapter is up-to-date, covering the latest developments in methodology and theory. Discussion of bedside evaluations, laboratory techniques, as well as theoretical models are all to be found in the Handbook. In addition, the editors have attempted to make the Handbook as coherent as possible by encouraging minimal overlap in topic matter. The first section introduces historical developments in neuropsychology, approaches to the clinical and experimental assessment of higher cortical functions, as well as statistical and methodological issues. In addition, the introduction covers cerebral dominance, and specialization as well as models of cognition. Section 2 (Topic Editor: Professor G.
Rizzolatti) deals with normal and disordered attentional processes in experimental animals and in humans. Section 3 (Topic Editor: Professor H. Goodglass) encompasses language, aphasia, and related disorders; it is shared over Volumes 1 and 2. This section emphasizes both the classical syndromes of aphasic disorders as well as the contribution of modern neurolinguistics. Special issues include bilingual and polyglot aphasia, disorders of sign-language, aphasia in left-handers, as well as recovery and therapy of aphasia. This section concludes with chapters on disorders of gestural behavior and apraxia.