Neuropsychology

A definitive reference--now extensively revised with 70% new material--this book presents cutting-edge knowledge on how learning disorders develop and how to diagnose and treat them effectively. In addition to dyslexia and mathematics disabilities, the...

Motor Speech Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment, Third Edition offers a detailed yet streamlined introduction to motor speech disorders for graduate students and beginning clinicians. The text offers a brief historical overview of motor speech disorders,...

This book details how medical and clinical teams that are comprehensive and interdisciplinary are able to effectively address the multiple difficulties that can result from an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). Coverage describes the medical specialists that...

It has been known for over a century that there is an afferent (body-to-brain) component to the visceral-autonomic nervous system. Despite the fundamental importance of bodily afferent information - sometimes called interoception - to central nervous...

Working with the Brain in Psychology: Considering Careers in Neuropsychology seeks to assist students in their career exploration, by introducing them early, in the contemplative stage of career planning, to the fascinating speciality of psychology known...

This authoritative reference provides a comprehensive examination of the nature and functions of attention and its relationship to broader cognitive processes. The editor and contributors are leading experts who review the breadth of current knowledge,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781572241459Author WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint New Harbinger PublicationsPublisher New Harbinger Publications

Reconstructing Identity After Brain Injury tells the remarkable story of Stijn Geerinck and his journey from road traffic accident to recovery. After he was hit by a drunk driver whilst cycling, Stijn suffered a traumatic brain injury and had to undergo...

What makes us human and unique among all creatures is our brain. Consciousness, perception, emotion, memory, learning, language, and intelligence all originate in and depend on the brain. Over the past century, our understanding of the brain has raced...

Increasingly, psychiatrists make little distinction between psychiatric and neurologic disorders, considering them all as dysfunctions of the central nervous system. This is a practical how to book intended primarily for trainees and practicing...

Incredible Consequences of Brain Injury: The Ways your Brain can Break explains the acquired brain disorders that can suddenly change a person's life. Underlining the intricate workings of the human brain and the amazing things it does every day, this...

This book integrates findings from across domains in performance psychology to focus on core research on what influences peak and non-peak performance. The book explores basic and applied research identifying cognition-action interactions,...

Different from a textbook or academic journal, the File represents a collection of explicit descriptions about therapy interventions written by practitioners themselves. The description of the rationale for the therapy, the intervention itself and...

Brain science is at the dawn of a new era-and the technologies emerging as a result could forever alter what it means to be human. Welcome to what tech pioneer and inventor Tan Le calls "the NeuroGeneration." It will blow your mind. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375704062Author Oliver SacksFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 357gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780195132403Author Stanislas DehaeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Oxford University Press Inc

This monograph from a leading neuroscientist and neural networks researcher investigates and offers a fresh approach to the perplexing scientific and philosophical problems of minds and brains. It explains how brains have evolved from our earliest...

Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.

Louis Stanislaw has brought us an extraordinary gift: a collection of deeply moving essays from men and women sharing their personal experiences with epilepsy, one of mankind's least understood and most daunting of challenges.In these pages, Jonathan...

The frontal lobes and their functional properties are recognised as crucial to establishing our identity as autonomous human beings. This book provides a broad introductory overview of this unique brain region. In an accessible and readable style it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262549004Author Rafael YusteFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 369g

Pediatric neuropsychology is the practice of understanding and elucidating brain-behavior relationships as applied to children and adolescents. This 2007 volume examines trends in the assessment and treatment of common disorders including traumatic brain...

Published annually, volumes in this series provide readers with updates of recent clinical trial results, impacts of trials on guidelines and evidence-based practice, advances in trial methodologies, and the evolution of biomarkers in trials. The series...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313239618Author James J. GibsonFormat HardbackPage Count 335Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

The Clinical Neuropsychology Study Guide and Board Review provides an easy to study volume with sample questions and recommended readings that are specifically designed to help individuals prepare for the ABCN written examination. In addition, this book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262551908Author Peter J. RichersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 369g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262551502Author Peter HammersteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 369g

Pediatric neuropsychology is the practice of understanding and elucidating brain-behavior relationships as applied to children and adolescents. This 2007 volume examines trends in the assessment and treatment of common disorders including traumatic brain...

Genetic syndromes and neurodevelopmental disorders that have a genetic basis are associated with cognitive and academic disabilities. Genes, Brain and Development reviews the connections between genes, brain, and behavior for a range of genetic...

This book brings together an internationally respected group of researchers for the purpose of examining neuroplasticity, a topic of immense current interest in psychology, neuroscience, neuropsychology, and clinical neurology. The chapters represent...

This book covers the foundations and successes of Neuroergonomics, combining neuroscience and ergonomics to enhance efficiency and safety. An overview of the essential areas within the field is given including chapters on brain networks, perception,...

Here is the first volume of a new series that explores diversity, culture, and ethnicity and their impact on neurological function. This volume features research-based evidence on the impact of Hispanic culture on brain-behavior relationships. Articles...

Since the appearance of the John O'Keefe and Lynn Nadel book in which they proposed that the hippocampus provides an abstract, internal representation of the animal's environment, considerable conceptual progress in the area of navigational information...

Understanding Somatization in the Practice of Clinical Neuropsychology is written for neuropsychologists wishing to improve their ability to diagnose and treat, or recommend treatment for, patients with somatoform disorders. The author, a seasoned...

Rehabilitation psychologists have long argued that situational constraints (e.g., missing ramps, lack of Braille signage, nondisabled peoples' attitudes) create greater social barriers and behavioral restrictions for people with disabilities (PWDs) than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738823263Author George Freeman SolomonFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint XlibrisPublisher XlibrisWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 142mm * 20mm

Cognitive neuroscience has grown into a rich and complex discipline, some 35 years after the term was coined. Given the great expanse of the field, an inclusive and authoritative resource such as this handbook is needed for examining the current...

Practitioners and researchers from a broad range of disciplines and three continents review the status of magnetic resonance imaging and scanning in epilepsy, and the current research and where is it likely to lead. The 53 papers, from a workshop in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648939603Author Maria SimonelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Maria SimonelliPublisher Maria Simonelli

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780965269971Author Kenneth O St LouisFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Populore PublishingPublisher Populore PublishingWeight(grams) 404g