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| Preface to the series | |
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| Preface to the second edition | |
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| Preface to the first edition | |
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| The foundations of neuropsychology | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Neuropsychology as a distinct discipline | |
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| The (re)emergence of neuropsychology | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Methods in neuropsychology | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Invasive techniques for measuring brain structure and function | |
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| Electrical procedures | |
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| In-vivo imaging | |
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| Neuropsychological assessment | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Lateralisation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Structural differences | |
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| Unilateral neurological damage | |
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| The split-brain syndrome | |
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| Asymmetries in normal individuals | |
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| Individual differences in brain organisation | |
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| Lateralisation: A footnote on the evolutionary perspective | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Somatosensation and neuroplasticity | |
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| Introduction | |
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| General features of sensory systems | |
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| The somatosensory system | |
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| Plasticity in the somatosensory cortex | |
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| Neuroplasticity beyond S1 | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Motor control and movement disorders | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Brain-spinal cord pathways | |
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| The cerebellum | |
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| The basal ganglia | |
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| The cortex | |
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| Peripheral and spinal movement disorders | |
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| Cortical movement disorders | |
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| Subcortical movement disorders | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Language and the brain | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The classic neurological approach and aphasia | |
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| Connectionist models of language | |
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| The psycholinguistic approach | |
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| The modern era of language research | |
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| Language and laterality | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Memory and amnesia | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Short-term memory and working memory | |
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| Long-term memory | |
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| Anterograde amnesia and non-declarative memory | |
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| Anterograde amnesia and declarative memory | |
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| Memory processes | |
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| Retrograde amnesia and autobiographical memory | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Visual object recognition and spatial processing | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The "what" and "where" streams and visual perception | |
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| The ventral stream and object recognition | |
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| Functional imaging of object recognition | |
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| Imaging category specificity | |
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| Spatial functions and the "where" stream | |
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| Basic spatial processes | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Attention and consciousness | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Types of attention | |
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| Issues in psychological investigations of attention | |
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| Attention and the brain | |
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| Neurological attentional disorders | |
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| Towards an integrated model of attention | |
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| Consciousness | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Emotion and motivation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Definitions and measurement of emotion and motivation | |
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| Evidence from neurology and neuropsychology | |
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| The interaction between somatic and emotional systems | |
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| The interaction between emotional and cognitive systems | |
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| Neuroimaging of emotion and motivation | |
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| Social neuroscience | |
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| Impairments of emotion, motivation, and social function | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Executive functions | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Domains of executive dysfunction | |
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| Task switching and multi-tasking | |
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| Issues with "executive tests" | |
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| Underlying mechanisms of executive function | |
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| The brain and executive function/dysfunction | |
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| Specialisation within the prefrontal cortex | |
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| Executive dysfunction and psychiatric disorders | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Appendix: A primer of nervous system structure and function | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Neurons and glia | |
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| Nerve impulses and synaptic transmission | |
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| Developmental and ageing aspects | |
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| Dividing up the nervous system | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Author index | |
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| Subject index | |