Clinical Neuropsychology: Current Status and ApplicationsRalph M. Reitan, Leslie A. Davison TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1. Introduction / L. A. Davison. 2. Methodological problems in clinical neuropsychology / R. M. Reitan. 3. Clinical neuropsychology of childhood: an overview / A. L. Benton. 4. Psychological effects of cerebral lesions in children of early school age / R. M. Reitan. 5. Behavioral correlates of cerebral damage in children aged 9 through 14. 6. Disordered brain function in young children and early adolescents: neuropsychological and electroencephalographic correlates / H. Klonoff and M. Low. 7. Immediate, short-term and residual effects of acute head injuries in children: neuropsychological and neurological correlates / H. Klonoff and R. Paris. 8. Validation studies in adult clinical neuropsychology / H. Klove. 9. Neuropsychological studies of patients with epilepsy. 10. Applications of neuropsychological test methods in mentally retarded subjects / C. G. Matthews. 11. Some challenges for clinical neuropsychology / M. J. Meier. 12. Current status of clinical neuropsychology / L. A. Davison. APPENDIX: Description of psychological tests and experimental procedures. |
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METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN CLINICAL | 19 |
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF CEREBRAL LESIONS | 53 |
BEHAVIORAL CORRELATES OF CEREBRAL DAMAGE | 91 |
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ability abnormalities Acute group adults anterograde amnesia aphasia areas behavioral behavioral neurology brain damage brain functions brain lesions brain-behavior brain-damaged group brain-damaged subjects Category Test cerebral damage cerebral dysfunction cerebral hemisphere cerebral lesions child Chronic group clinical neuropsychology clinical psychology compared comparisons control groups correct deficits diagnostic differences differential discriminating electroencephalographic epilepsy errors evaluation Finger Tapping Full Scale IQ Grooved Steadiness Halstead head injuries Impairment Index individual initial examination Klonoff and Low Klove left hand major motor seizures Maze Coordination MCD group measures mental retardation neurological examination neuropsychological battery Neuropsychological Test Battery Neuropsychological Variables normal NS NS NS older children older group patients Performance IQ prediction present psychomotor reexamination regarding Reitan relationships retrograde amnesia right hand schizophrenics sequelae significant Speech Perception subtests Table Tactual Performance Test temporal lobe Trail Making Test trauma unknown etiology Verbal IQ visual Wechsler Weighted Score WISC younger children