Cognitive Neuropsychology Of Alzheimer's Disease

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ISBN: 9780198508304 | 0198508301
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 2/3/2005

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Alzheimer's disease can be thought of as a multi-faceted neuropsychological disorder, with diverse impairments in cognitive abilities. Over the last decade, cognitive neuropsychology has provided a far richer understanding of these impairments, and this book describes these advances, placing them in their clinical context.

Contributors

Section 1 Introduction

1 A cognitive neuropsychology of Alzheimer's disease

(8)

Robin G. Morris and James T. Becker

Section 2 Background issues

2 The single case study and Alzheimer's disease

(12)

Elaine Funnell

3 Measuring impairment and charting decline in Alzheimer's disease

(24)

Colin Gray and Sergio Della Sala

4 The natural history of Alzheimer's disease

(16)

Oscar L. Lopez and James T. Becker

5 Preclinical Alzheimer's disease: Cognitive and memory functioning

(18)

Brent J. Small, Agneta Herlitz, and Lars Bäckman

Section 3 Neuropsychological functions

6 Attentional functioning in Alzheimer's disease

(22)

Raja Parasuraman

7 Executive functions in Alzheimer's disease

103

(18)

Fabienne Collette and Martial Van der Linden

8 Information processing defects in episodic memory in Alzheimer's disease

121

(20)

Amy A. Overman and James T. Becker

9 Remote memory in Alzhiemer's disease

141

(12)

Peter Bright and Michael D Kopelman

10 Implicit memory in Alzheimer's disease: Priming and skill learning

153

(26)

David P. Salmon and Christine Fennema-Notestine

11 Semantic processing in Alzheimer's disease

179

(18)

Peter Garrard, Karalyn Patterson, and John R. Hodges

12 Language in Alzheimer's disease

197

(22)

Andrew Kertesz

13 Reading aloud and spelling in Alzheimer's disease

219

(18)

Naida L. Graham and Karalyn Patterson

14 Calculation and number processing skills in Alzheimer's disease

237

(12)

Jane McNeil

15 Motor functioning

249

(18)

Daphne Kidron and Morris Freedman

16 Cognition and emotion

267

(8)

Deborah Zaitchik and Marilyn S. Albert

17 Loss of 'Awareness' in Alzheimer's disease

275

(24)

Robin G. Morris and Kristin Hannesdottir

Section 4 Neurobiological correlates of cognitive dysfunction

18 Neurobiological abnormalities in Alzheimer's disease: Structural, genetic, and functional correlates of cognitive dysfunction

299

(22)

Robin G. Morris

19 The cognitive psychopharmacology of Alzheimer's disease

321

(36)

H. Valerie Curran, Michael D. Kopelman, and Jennifer M. Rusted

Section 5 The treatment and management of Alzheimer's disease

20 The assessment of dementia

357

(22)

Edgar Miller

21 Cognitive approaches to the management of dementia

379

(12)

Jennifer M. Rusted and Linda Clare

22 Neurobiological approaches to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

391

(24)

Oscar L. Lopez and Sandra Bell

Index

415

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