Neurology of cognitive and behavioral disorders
By: [editors], Orrin Devinsky, Mark D'Esposito
Contributors: Devinsky, Orrin; D'Esposito, Mark
Series: Contemporary neurology series -- 68
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
Subjects: Mental illness -- Etiology; Neuropsychology; Brain -- Diseases -- Complications
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: 1. Neuroanatomy and assessment of cognitive-behavioral function; title: 2. Functional neuroimaging of cognition; title: 3. The right hemisphere, interhemispheric communication, and consciousness; title: 4. Attention and attentional disorders; title: 5. Perception and perceptual disorders; title: 6. Language, aphasia, and other speech disorders; title: 7. Motor system and behavior; title: 8. Memory and memory disorders; title: 9. Executive function and the frontal lobes; title: 10. Emotion and the limbic system; title: 11. Therapy for cognitive and neurobehavioral disorders