Neuropsychology (Handbooks of Behavioral Neurobiology, 2)

As the Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology moves into a second volume, it is appropriate to take into general account the scope and content of this series. In its broadest sense, behavioral neurobiology is the study of the behaviors of animal organisms with reference to their neurological bases. The overall objective of this handbook series is to assemble, in ten volumes, a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the major areas that comprise behavioral neurobiology. Within such a framework, it is possible to provide the fundamental concepts, methods, and substantive advancements in these fields in a manner that will be useful to and that will also serve as a reference source for researchers educational programs who desire a well-balanced overview of the component areas of neurobiology. The intent in each volume has been to bring together a spectrum of approaches and disciplines that focuses upon the topic at hand. The first volume presented and discussed the problems of sensory integration; the present work is concerned with the neurobiology of cognitive processes; and forthcoming volumes will include the topics of motor coordination, learning and memory, biological rhythms, motivation, sexual behavior, social behavior and communication, and the evolution of nervous systems and behavior. Thus the purpose of the editors in planning this series has been to offer a distinct handbook, employing the many varied and prevailing avenues of attack upon current problems in behavior and neurological processes, that should prove of unique value and usefulness to professionals and students alike. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Assessment of Cognitive Deficit in the Brain-Injured Patient....Pages 3-22 Front Matter....Pages 23-23 The Frontal Lobes....Pages 25-59 Parietooccipital Symptomology: The Split-Brain Perspective....Pages 61-74 The Temporal Lobes: An Approach to the Study of Organic Behavioral Changes....Pages 75-95 Front Matter....Pages 97-97 Aspects of Normal and Abnormal Neuropsychological Development....Pages 99-117 Minimal Brain Dysfunction: Psychological and Neurophysiological Disorders in Hyperkinetic Children....Pages 119-150 Front Matter....Pages 151-151 Speech Perception and the Biology of Language....Pages 153-177 Origins and Distribution of Language....Pages 179-213 Thalamic Mechanisms in Language....Pages 215-238 Aphasias....Pages 239-292 Front Matter....Pages 293-293 Origins and Mechanisms in the Establishment of Cerebral Dominance....Pages 295-344 Electrophysiological Analysis of Human Brain Function....Pages 345-378 Information Processing and the Cerebral Hemispheres....Pages 379-446 The Neuropsychological Basis of Skilled Movement in Man....Pages 447-461 Front Matter....Pages 463-463 Cerebral Mechanisms of Information Storage: The Problem of Memory....Pages 465-493 Long-Term Psychological Consequences of Cerebral Lesions....Pages 495-540 Front Matter....Pages 541-541 Beyond Commissurotomy: Clues to Consciousness....Pages 543-554 Back Matter....Pages 555-566