Handbook of Frontal Lobe Assessment

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-19-966952-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 663 g

There are several tests used in clinical practice and research worldwide that have been devised to assess the functions subsumed by the frontal lobes of the brain. Anatomical localisation has revealed that the frontal lobes can be divided into sub-regions with different functional domains. As a result, a number of authors working in the frontal lobe literature have made a case for patients with frontal lobe damage to be considered in their distinct subgroups, rather
than considered together in one unitary group. As a result, it is important for clinicians and researchers to be made aware of the functions assessed by individual frontal tests and understand which frontal regions might be impaired in their patient groups, as patients with damage to one of these
regions will perform poorly on tasks tapping that region yet may perform well on tasks tapping the unaffected regions within the frontal lobes.

The 'Handbook of Frontal Lobe Assessment' provides a critical review and appraisal of both the neuropsychological and experimental tests that have been devised to assess frontal lobe functions. It includes many tests that have not been included in previously published neuropsychological compendia. Throughout, the book discusses the available frontal tests in relation to patient and lesion data, neuroimaging data and aging data in order to offer clinicians and researchers the opportunity to
choose the best assessment instrument for their purpose.

Autoren/Hrsg.

MacPherson, Sarah E

Della Sala, Sergio

Cox, Simon R.

Girardi, Alessandra

Iveson, Matthew H.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie Psychologische Diagnostik, Testpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Neurobiologie, Verhaltensbiologie

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah MacPherson's main research interest is frontal lobe functions in healthy ageing and damaged brains. She is an action editor for Cortex and Treasurer of the British Neuropsychology Society.

Sergio Della Sala's main research interest is cognitive neuropsychology, on this topic he authored over 500 peer-reviewed papers. He is editor of Cortex and current President of the British Neuropsychology Society.