Cognitive Neuropsychology Books

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11. Cognitive Reserve

    Theory and Applications

    Edited by Yaakov Stern

    Series: Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology and Cognition

    Cognitive reserve has emerged as a powerful concept for interpreting individual differences in susceptibility to, and recovery from, brain injury or pathology. Underlying cognitive reserve is the idea that individual differences in how cognitive tasks are mediated in the brain allow some people to...

    Published October 29th 2006 by Psychology Press
12. Inhibitory After-Effects in Spatial Processing: Experimental and Theoretical Issues on Inhibition of Return

    A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology

    Edited by Paolo Bartolomeo, Juan Lupiáñez

    Series: Special Issues of Cognitive Neuropsychology

    When responding to a suddenly appearing stimulus, we are slower and/or less accurate when the stimulus occurs at the same location of a previous event, as compared to when it appears in a new location. This phenomenon, often called Inhibition of Return (IOR), has fostered a huge amount of research...

    Published October 4th 2006 by Psychology Press
13. Mild Cognitive Impairment

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Holly A. Tuokko, David F. Hultsch

    Series: Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology and Cognition

    Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) has been identified as an important clinical transition between normal aging and the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Since treatments for AD are most likely to be most effective early in the course of the disease, MCI has become a topic of great importance...

    Published September 13th 2006 by Psychology Press
14. An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

    Processes and Disorders, 2nd Edition

    By David Groome

    David Groome with Nicola Brace, Hazel Dewart, Graham Edgar, Helen Edgar, Anthony Esgate, Richard Kemp, Graham Pike, and Tom Stafford. An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology: Processes and Disorders is a comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate students. It covers all the key areas of...

    Published August 30th 2006 by Psychology Press
15. Associative Illusions of Memory

    False Memory Research in DRM and Related Tasks

    By David Gallo

    Series: Essays in Cognitive Psychology

    The last decade has seen a flurry of experimental research into the neurocognitive underpinnings of illusory memories. Using simple materials and tests (e.g., recalling words or pictures), methods such as the famed Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) task have attracted considerable attention. These...

    Published August 27th 2006 by Psychology Press
16. Selective Deficits in Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology

    A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology

    Edited by Bradley C. Duchaine

    Series: Special Issues of Cognitive Neuropsychology

    Traditionally, cognitive neuropsychology has focused on selective impairments in individuals who suffered brain damage as adults. However, in recent years, there have been a number of cognitive neuropsychological studies of selective impairments due to developmental deficits. Papers in Selective...

    Published July 19th 2006 by Psychology Press
17. Cognitive Neuropsychology Twenty Years On

    A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology

    Edited by MAX COLTHEART, Alfonso Caramazza

    Series: Macquarie Monographs in Cognitive Science

    The journal Cognitive Neuropsychology began publication in 1984. In 2004 a special symposium was held at the annual European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology at Bressanone to take stock of the developments in cognitive neuropsychology represented by the first twenty volumes of the journal...

    Published March 1st 2006 by Psychology Press
18. The Multiple Functions of Sensory-Motor Representations

    A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology

    Edited by Raffaella. I. Rumiati, ALFONSO CARAMAZZA

    Series: Special Issues of Cognitive Neuropsychology

    The papers in this volume consider the role of sensory-motor processes and their neural structures in higher cognitive functions such as visual and motor imagery, iconic memory and temporal judgment. The evidence brought to bear on this issue comes from behavioral studies of brain-damaged subjects...

    Published June 8th 2005 by Psychology Press
19. A Cognitive Neuropsychological Approach to Assessment and Intervention in Aphasia

    A Clinician's Guide

    By Anne Whitworth, Janet Webster, David Howard

    This book provides both a theoretical and practical reference to cognitive neuropsychological approaches to speech and language therapists working with people with aphasia. Having evolved from the activity of a group of clinicians working with people with aphasia, it is a highly practical guide...

    Published April 13th 2005 by Psychology Press
20. Connectionist Models in Cognitive Psychology

    Edited by George Houghton

    Series: Studies in Cognition

    Connectionist Models in Cognitive Psychology is a state-of-the-art review of neural network modelling in core areas of cognitive psychology including: memory and learning, language (written and spoken), cognitive development, cognitive control, attention and action. The chapters discuss neural...

    Published February 23rd 2005 by Psychology Press