Subcortical Structures and Cognition Implications for Neuropsychological Assessment /

• Main Authors: Koziol, Leonard F. (Author), Budding, Deborah Ely. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Psychiatry.; Psychology, clinical.; Consciousness.; Psychology.; Neuropsychology.; Cognitive Psychology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84868-6

Subcortical Structures and Cognition Implications for Neuropsychological Assessment Leonard F. Koziol, Private Practice, Arlington Heights, Illinois Deborah Ely Budding, Private Practice, Manhattan Beach, California The study of neuropsychology traditionally begins with geography: the neocortex as t...

Table of Contents:

• 1: Introduction: Movement, Cognition, and the Vertically Organized Brain
• 2: The Basal Ganglia: Beyond the Motor System  From Movement to Thought
• 3: Frontal-Subcortical Real Estate: Location, Location, Location
• 4: Learning and the Basal Ganglia: Benefiting from Action and Reinforcement
• 5: The Cerebellum: Quality Control, Creativity, Intuition, and Unconscious Working Memory
• 6: Automaticity and Higher Order Control in Communication: A Brief Introduction to Language and Social Cognition
• 7
• The Vertically Organized Brain in Clinical Psychiatric Disorder
• 8: Familiarity and Novelty  Evaluating the Frontostriatal System
• 9: Thought in Action: Procedural Learning, Processing Speed, and Automaticity
• 10: The Basal Ganglia and Neuropsychological Testing
• 11: The Cerebellum in Neuropsycholocial Testing
• 12: The Integrated Brain: Implications for Neuropsychological Evaluation.