Instructors and students in neuropsychology and clinical neuroscience; also of interest to clinicians. Will serve as a primary text in introductory neuropsychology courses at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level.
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J. Graham Beaumont, PhD, CPsychol, FBPsS, is Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability in Putney, London, United Kingdom. Widely published, Professor Beaumont is a past Honorary General Secretary of the British Psychological Society and Chair of the Division of Neuropsychology, and holds an Honorary Chair at Roehampton University, London. He was formerly a Reader and Associate Dean for Combined Science at the University of Leicester and Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology at Swansea University.
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I. Introduction
1. The Discipline of Neuropsychology
2. The Structure of the Central Nervous System
II. Clinical Studies
3. The Frontal Lobes
4. The Temporal Lobes
5. The Parietal Lobes
6. The Occipital Lobes
7. Language
8. Degenerative Diseases and Profound Brain Injury
9. The Subcortex and Psychosurgery
III. Experimental Studies
10. Split Brains and Dual Minds
11. Divided Visual Field Studies
12. Dichotic Listening
13. Electrophysiology and Imaging
14. Individual Differences: Gender and Handedness
IV. Applications
15. Neuropsychological Practice
16. Neuropsychiatry and Neuropsychology