Neuropsychology category: 992 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
This easy-access guide summarizes the dynamic specialty of rehabilitation psychology, focusing on real-world practice in the medical setting. It begins by placing readers at the frontlines of practice with a solid foundation for gathering information and communicating effectively with patients, families,...
Addressing Brain Injury in Under-Resourced Settings
A Practical Guide to Community-Centred Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Many of the world’s population have no access to appropriate diagnostic, neurorehabilitative or support services following brain injury. Addressing Brain Injury in Under-Resourced Settings: A Practical Guide to Community-Centred Approaches tackles this unacceptable gap in service provision by empowering...
The Neurologically-Impaired Child
Doman-Delacato Techniques Reappraised
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
For the 25 years before publication a form of therapy known as the ‘Doman-Delacato Techniques’ had been applied to children with disabilities. The therapy originated from the work of Glen Doman and Carl Delacato who established the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia....
by Mónica Rosselli, Esmeralda Matute, Alfredo Ardila
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
La obra se divide en cuatro secciones. La primera sección incluye una Introducción al tema donde se describe la historia de la neuropsicología infantil, se analiza el desarrollo de los niños desde la perspectiva neuropsicológica y su relación con la maduración del sistema nervioso, apoyados...
Aggression and Violence
Genetic, Neurobiological, and Biosocial Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Conceived at a time when biological research on aggression and violence was drawn into controversy because of sociopolitical questions about its study, this volume provides an up-to-date account of recent biological studies performed -- mostly on humans. A group of scientists recognized the importance...
by George P. Prigatano
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 1999
Without guiding principles, clinicians can easily get lost in the maze of problems that a brain-damaged patient presents. This book underlines the importance of patients' subjective experience of brain disease or injury, and the frustration and confusion they undergo. It shows that the symptom picture...
Model Systems and the Neurobiology of Associative Learning
A Festschrift in Honor of Richard F. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
This volume contains a collection of papers written by former students, postdoctoral fellows, and colleagues of Richard Thompson and represent written versions of papers presented at the Festschrift symposium. The Festschrift provided an excellent opportunity for the participants to recount their...
Cognitive Reserve
Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Cognitive reserve has emerged as a powerful concept for interpreting individual differences in susceptibility to, and recovery from, brain injury or pathology. Underlying cognitive reserve is the idea that individual differences in how cognitive tasks are mediated in the brain allow some people to...
The Aphasia Therapy File
Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
The Aphasia Therapy Files represent a practical resource for people who work with individuals with aphasia, either as therapists or as researchers. An overview of issues associated with current practices is combined with a study of the practicalities of determining, designing and implementing therapies.
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Eyeblink Classical Conditioning Volume 1
Applications in Humans
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
The model system of eyeblink classical conditioning in humans has enormous potential for the understanding and application of fundamental principles of learning. This collection makes classical conditioning accessible to teachers and researchers in a number of ways. The first aim is to present the...
by Peter J.B. Slater, Charles T. Snowdon, Jay S. Rosenblatt
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 1997
Advances in the Study of Behavior continues to serve scientists across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Focusing on new theories and research developments with respect to behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and comparative psychology, these volumes foster cooperation and communication in these diverse fields.
The Human Face
Measurement and Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This volume marks the first time that a collection of contemporary facial scoring techniques and their utility, whether clinical, experimental, theoretical, or otherwise, follows an historical introduction of the area, thereby recording the developmental history of this science.
Mathematical Models of Perception and Cognition Volume II
A Festschrift for James T. Townsend
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
In this two volume festschrift, contributors explore the theoretical developments (Volume I) and applications (Volume II) in traditional cognitive psychology domains, and model other areas of human performance that benefit from rigorous mathematical approaches. It brings together former classmates,...
Effective Learning after Acquired Brain Injury
A practical guide to support adults with neurological conditions
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
Effective Learning After Acquired Brain Injury provides clear guidance on delivering productive educational programmes for adolescents and adults with acquired brain injury (ABI). Written for the non-specialist, the book provides an accessible overview of the neuropsychological deficits resulting...