Neuropsychology category: 992 books

The first monograph dealing exclusively with the neuropsychological and psychosocial sequelae of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and its treatment. It provides an overview of basic treatment modalities and functional outcome after SAH with special emphasis on aneurysm surgery. In the methods section,...

Laterality in Sports: Theories and Applications summarizes recent research on the neurophysiological foundations of handedness, and how left or right lateralization (affecting primary hand use, foot use, and eye use) affects motor control, performance outcome, skill acquisition, and achievement of...

Recently, there has been a renewal of interest in the broad and loosely bounded range of phenomena called deception and self-deception. This volume addresses this interest shared by philosophers, social and clinical psychologists, and more recently, neuroscientists and cognitive scientists. Expert...

All neuropsychologists need to know how to produce evidence-based reports. This book brings together experts to provide an in-depth guide to high-quality report writing in a range of contexts, including evaluations of older adults, psychiatric patients, those with complex medical conditions, schoolchildren,...

This book offers a philosophical analysis of what it is to be a human being in all her aspects. It analyses what is meant by the self and the I and how this feeling of a self or an I is connected to the brain. It studies specific cases of brain disorders, based on the idea that in order to understand...

Over the past decade, the integration of psychology and fine art has sparked growing academic interest among researchers of these disciplines. The author, both a psychologist and artist, offers up a unique merger and perspective of these fields. Through the production of fine art, which is directly...

**Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian A leading neurologist recounts some of her most astonishing, challenging cases, which demonstrate how crucial the study of epilepsy has been to our understanding of the brain.** Brainstorm follows the stories of people whose medical diagnoses...

“Learning Mechanisms” is a part of the college-level Neuropsychopharmacology course series textbooks.  It is a tutorial written in questions and answers format to describe the psychology of learning and the neurobiological basis of learning, and the neural mechanisms behind learning. It...

Despite widespread use, Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) is a topic of much debate, often receiving criticism from academic and professional sectors. In this book international academics, researchers and therapists are brought together to examine the current evidence of the clinical efficacy of NLP...

“Un mattone pesa un chilo più mezzo mattone. Quanto pesa il mattone?” Provate a presentare questo indovinello ai vostri amici. Per la maggio­ranza delle persone, non sono sufficienti tre minuti per risol­verlo. E alcuni non ne vengono neppure a capo e rinunciano. Il libro contiene sei di questi...

We are fooled by our brain and do not know it. We are not who we think we are. We never decide, and we can only know events in retrospect. To repeat, we do not, cannot, know what we are doing, only what we have already done. Any act (including any thought) that we find ourselves launched upon is a...

It is generally acknowledged that the most cost-effective means of curtailing alcohol and drug abuse is prevention. Providing interventions to at-risk individuals before they develop serious problems with substance use is the most important component of the "war on drugs." Fortunately, the...