Neuropsychological Research : A Review

Neuropsychological Research: A Review provides a meticulous overview of what has been achieved in the field of cognitive neuropsychology from its early beginnings in the 1960s and 1970s to the present day.

J. Abutalebi, P. Mariën, Introduction. A.L. Benton, Homage to Luigi Amedeo Vignolo. E. De Renzi, Dedication to a pioneer in neuropsychology. Section 1: Approaching the brain. H. Gardner, A Multiplicity of Intelligences. M. Petrides, D.N. Pandya, Neural circuitry underlying language. J. Abutalebi, L. Bartha Doering, P. A. Dalla Rosa, P. Mariën, Structural and functional neuroimaging in neuropsychology: a concise overview. Section 2: Language Disorders. K. Heilman, Information-processing models of Aphasia: updating the diagram makers. Y. Joanette, A.I. Ansaldo, K. Kahlaoui, A.R. Lecours, The impact of right-hemisphere lesions on language abilities: theoretic and clinical perspectives. R. De Bleser, C. Luzzatti, Acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia. A.M. Galaburda, J. LoTurco, G.D. Rosen Developmental Dyslexia: from neuropsychology to genetics, and back again. S.F. Cappa, J. Abutalebi, Aphasia recovery: neural mechanisms. A. Basso, Aphasia Rehabilitation. Section 3: Skilled movement, music and number-processing disorders. K.M. Heilman, L.J. Gonzalez Rothi, B. Hanna-Pladdy, The forelimb apraxias. S. Hèbert, I. Peretz, A. Racette, Should we make aphasic patients sing? X. Seron, The neuropsychology of calculation and number processing. Section 4: Modality-specific recognition disorders. J. Davidoff, Perceptual categorisation: language and thought. H. B. Coslett, Visual agnosia. M. Di Pietro, M. Laganaro, A. Schnider, Auditory agnosia. G. Bottini, M. Gandola, Somaesthetic recognition disorders. Section 5: Neglect, attentional and executive disorders. G. Vallar, Subcortical neglect. M.I. Posner, Neuropsychology of attention. A.C. Nobre, L. Silvert, Measuring human cognition online with electrophysiological methods: the case of selective attention. P. Eslinger, The frontal lobe: executive, emotional and neurological functions. Section 6: Memory Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases. O. Piguet, S. Corkin, Memory: structure, function and dysfunction. G. Dalla Barba, F. Boller, D. Rieu, Effects of aging and dementia on memory. J. Knibb, J. Hodges, Semantic dementia: the story so far. S. Engelborghs, P. Mariën, P.P. De Deyn, Frontal lobe dysfunction across diagnostic dementia categories. Section 7: Concluding remarks. P. Mariën, J. Abutalebi, Concluding remarks.