David Ira Margolin

Cognitive Neuropsychology in Clinical Practice David Ira Margolin

Jacket Description/Back: Since its origin in the 1960s, cognitive neuropsychology has come to represent the leading edge of research into brain-behavior relationships. Just as particle physicists search for the fundamental building blocks of matter, cognitive neuropsychologists and cognitive psychologists strive to define the fundamental components of human intelligence. The goal of this book is to introduce cognitive neuropsychology to a broad audience of clinicians and researchers. Sufficient introductory material is provided for readers who are interested in disorders of higher cortical function, but have little background in psychology. However, each topic is also explored in enough depth to serve as a reference for professionals in the field, with full descriptions of the vocabulary, theoretical framework, and information-processing models of cognitive psychology and how they are applied to specific disorders. Each chapter provides an overview of the disorder being discussed, develops a rationale for selecting the stimulus materials, and demonstrates how a given patient's deficits can be understood in terms of a breakdown in one or more cognitive domains. The contributors offer step-by-step clinically oriented guidelines for disorders of attention, memory, language, spatial intelligence, calculation, motor control, and artistic ability. A final chapter shows how this cognitive approach to studying behavior is being coupled with neuroimaging techniques to expand our knowledge of the neurobiological substrates of human intelligence. Review Quotes: "A unique edited volume. . . . readers are provided with information that will allow them to use many of the techniques described within the text. . . . a welcome addition to the clinical and cognitive neuropsychology literature that provides thoughtful analysis and should stimulate new work in thisfascinating area." --Contemporary PsychologyReview Quotes: "A unique edited volume. . . . readers are provided with information that will allow them to use many of the techniques described within the text. . . . a welcome addition to the clinical and cognitive neuropsychology literature that provides thoughtful analysis and should stimulate new work in this fascinating area." --Contemporary Psychology Review Quotes: "A unique edited volume. . . . readers are provided with information that will allow them to use many of the techniques described within the text. . . . a welcome addition to the clinical and cognitive neuropsychology literature that provides thoughtful analysis and should stimulate new work in this fascinating area." --Contemporary PsychologyReview Quotes:"A unique edited volume. . . . readers are provided with information that will allow them to use many of the techniques described within the text. . . . a welcome addition to the clinical and cognitive neuropsychology literature that provides thoughtful analysis and should stimulate new work in this fascinating area." --Contemporary PsychologyTable of Contents: IntroductionPART I: Foundations 1. Clinical Cognitive Neuropsychology: An Emerging Speciality, D. I. Margolin2. Probing the Multiple Facets of Human Intelligence: The Cognitive Neuropsychologist as Clinician, D. I. MargolinPART II: The Pervasive Influence of Attention 3. Processing Resource Limitations in Schizophrenia: Implications for Predicating Medication Response and Planning Attentional Training, E. Granholm4. Perceptual Organization and Attentional Search in Cognitive Deficits, L. C. Robertson5. Cognitive Dysfunction in Eating Disorders: A Clinical Psychobiological Perspective, M. A. Demitrack, C. Szostak, and H. WeingartnerPART III: Memory 6. Investigating a Verbal Short-Term Memory Deficit and Its Consequences for Language Processing, J. Shelton, R. C. Martin, and L. S. Yaffee7. Cognitive Assessment of Long-Term Memory Disorders, E. P. Feher and R. C. MartinPART IV: Language 8. Anomia: Differentiating Between Semantic and Phonological Deficits, A. W. Ellis, J. Kay, and S. Franklin9. The Reading Process and Its Disorders, A. E. Hillis and A. Caramaza10. Oral and Written Spelling Impairments, D. I. Margolin and R. Goodman-Schulman11. Processes, Breakdowns, and Remediation in Developmental Disorders of Reading and Spelling, D. P. Roeltgen and P. Blaskey12. A Cognitive Approach to the Neurorehabilitation of Acquired Language Disorders, M. Behrmann and S. ByngPART V: Other Domain Specific Disorders 13. Disorders of Higher Visual Processing: Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives, H. B. Coslett and E. M. Saffran14. Assessment of Acquired Discalculia, P. Macaruso, W. Harley, and M. McCloskey15. New Strategies for Studying Higher Level Motor Disorders, H. Poizner and J. F. Soechting16. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation of Musicians and Other Artists, T. JuddConclusions17. Neuroimaging and Cognitive Function, B. Ober, B. R. Reed and W. J. JagustMarc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Publisher Marketing: Since its origin in the 1960s, cognitive neuropsychology has come to represent the leading edge of research into brain-behavior relationships. Just as particle physicists search for the fundamental building blocks of matter, cognitive neuropsychologists and cognitive psychologists strive to define the fundamental components of human intelligence. The goal of this book is to introduce cognitive neuropsychology to a broad audience of clinicians and researchers. Sufficient introductory material is provided for readers who are interested in disorders of higher cortical function, but have little background in psychology. However, each topic is also explored in enough depth to serve as a reference for professionals in the field, with full descriptions of the vocabulary, theoretical framework, and information-processing models of cognitive psychology and how they are applied to specific disorders. Each chapter provides an overview of the disorder being discussed, develops a rationale for selecting the stimulus materials, and demonstrates how a given patient's deficits can be understood in terms of a breakdown in one or more cognitive domains. The contributors offer step-by-step clinically oriented guidelines for disorders of attention, memory, language, spatial intelligence, calculation, motor control, and artistic ability. A final chapter shows how this cognitive approach to studying behavior is being coupled with neuroimaging techniques to expand our knowledge of the neurobiological substrates of human intelligence. Publisher Marketing: The goal of this text is to introduce cognitive neuropsychology to a broad audience of clinicians and researchers. The contributors describe how the vocabulary, theoretical framework and information-processing models of cognitive psychology are applied to disorders of higher cortical function. This cognitive approach is then applied to disorders of attention, memory, language, vision, calculation and motor control.