Introducing neuropsychology
- 2nd ed.
- New York, NY : Psychology 2008.
- xii, 396 p. : ill. (some col.) ;
The foundations of neuropsychology -- Methods in neuropsychology -- Lateralisation -- Somatosensation and neuroplasticity -- Motor control and movement disorders -- Language and the brain -- Memory and amnesia -- Visual object recognition and spatial processing -- Attention and consciousness -- Emotion and motivation -- Executive functions.
Written for students unfamiliar with the subject of neuropsychology, this introductory text is arranged in two parts. Part one introduces basics physiology and part two deals with the higher order cortical functions.