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31. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and People with Dementia

    By Linda Clare

    Series: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: A Modular Handbook

    Rehabilitation provides a core concept around which to organise support, intervention and care for people with impairments in memory and other cognitive functions. This book introduces a conceptual framework and rationale for the application of a neuropsychological rehabilitation approach for...

    Published August 1st 2007 by Psychology Press
32. Clinical Aphasiology

    Future Directions: A Festschrift for Chris Code

    Edited by Martin Ball, Jack Damico

    This book presents a collection of cutting edge work from leading researchers and clinicians around the world on a range of topics within Clinical Aphasiology. However, more than this, the volume is also a tribute to Chris Code, one of the foremost scholars in the field. Professor Code has made a...

    Published May 10th 2007 by Psychology Press
33. Neuropsychology and Substance Use

    State-of-the-Art and Future Directions

    Edited by Ari Kalechstein, Wilfred G. van Gorp

    Series: Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology and Cognition

    Substance use continues to be a major public health problem, and the ramifications of this are manifold. For instance, at present, on a yearly basis, the total economic cost of substance misuse is literally hundreds of billions of dollars. These costs are related to a number of factors, including,...

    Published April 19th 2007 by Psychology Press
34. International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology

    Edited by Barbara P. Uzzell, Marcel Ponton, Alfredo Ardila

    The role of culture is significant when measuring cognitive abilities during neuropsychological assessments. However, cultural diversity is a frequently overlooked moderating variable. The International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology emphasizes major distinctions among cultural groups...

    Published January 4th 2007 by Psychology Press
35. 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
36. Psychophysiology

    Human Behavior and Physiological Response, 5th Edition

    By John L. Andreassi

    As new technology fuels the rapid growth of research in psychophysiology, it is essential that those new to the field receive a comprehensive introduction. Psychophysiology: Human Behavior and Physiological Response provides students with elementary information regarding the anatomy and physiology...

    Published September 18th 2006 by Psychology Press
37. The Quantified Process Approach to Neuropsychological Assessment

    Edited by Amir M. Poreh

    Series: Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology and Cognition

    Since the late 1800s psychologists have been interested in discerning the strategies subjects employ to solve psychological tests (Piaget, 1928, Werner, 1940, Gesell, 1941). Much of this work, however, has relied on qualitative observations. In the 1970s, Edith Kaplan adopted this approach to the...

    Published May 25th 2006 by Psychology Press
38. Brain Injury Treatment

    Theories and Practices

    By Jose Leon-Carrion, Klaus R. H. von Wild, George A. Zitnay

    Series: Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology and Cognition

    Brain Injury Treatment: Theories and Practices is a thorough and wide-ranging account of the rehabilitation of brain injury. Written from an international perspective, this book presents a detailed discussion of the basic science of brain injury. It explains the treatments used in brain injury...

    Published March 22nd 2006 by Taylor & Francis
39. Aphasia Therapy Workshop: Current Approaches to Aphasia Therapy - Principles and Applications

    A Special Issue of Aphasiology

    Edited by Jacqueline Ann Stark, Ruth Fink, Nadine Martin

    Series: Special Issues of Aphasiology

    The Aphasia Therapy Workshop brings together leading experts in the field of aphasia to address current approaches to aphasia rehabilitation. The topics in this special issue include: 1) Functional communication: Social models and psychosocial approaches 2) Technological advances : Computer -...

    Published December 21st 2005 by Psychology Press
40. Approaches to Discourse in Dementia

    By Jacqueline A. Guendouzi, Nicole Muller

    The qualitative analysis of naturally occurring discourse in neurogenic communication disorders, specifically in dementia studies, has experienced recent burgeoning interest from wide-ranging disciplines. This multidisciplinarity has been exciting, but has added contextual confusion. This book...

    Published November 15th 2005 by Psychology Press