Title: Neurology of cognitive and behavioral disorders /
Authors: Devinsky, Orrin.; D'Esposito, Mark.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Mental illness Etiology.; Neuropsychology; Brain Diseases Complications.; Mental Disorders physiopathology; Brain Diseases complications; Neuropsychology methods
Abstract: This reference text provides an insightful and unified synthesis of cognitive neuroscience and behavioral neurology. The strong clinical emphasis will provide neurologists, psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, and psychologists with a solid foundation to the major neurobehavioral syndromes.
Contents: 1. Neuroanatomy and assessment of cognitive-behavioral function -- 2. Functional neuroimaging of cognition -- 3. The right hemisphere, interhemispheric communication, and consciousness -- 4. Attention and attentional disorders -- 5. Perception and perceptual disorders -- 6. Language, aphasia, and other speech disorders -- 7. Motor system and behavior -- 8. Memory and memory disorders -- 9. Executive function and the frontal lobes -- 10. Emotion and the limbic system -- 11. Therapy for cognitive and neurobehavioral disorders.