The scientific foundation of neuropsychological assessment
Subtitle: with applications to forensic evaluation
By: Elbert W. Russell
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Elsevier insights; Elsevier insights
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9780124160293
Subjects: Neuropsychology; Methods; Forensic Medicine; Psychological Interview; Personality Assessment; Neuropsychological tests; Neuropsychological Tests
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Scientific neurological basis for assessment; title: Introductory scientific history to neuropsychological assessment; title: Nature of science; title: Theoretical foundation of neurological assessment; title: Neuropsychological basis of assessment; title: Brain-function analysis; title: Formal analytic methodology; title: Neuropsychological battery patterns; title: Justification of formal procedures; title: Fundamental psychometric status of neuropsychological batteries; title: Justification of neuropsychological batteries; title: Accuracy of formal neuropsychological methods; title: Application to forensics; title: Admissibility of neuropsychological expert testimony under the Daubert and Frye evidentiary standards; title: Usefulness of a validated neuropsychological test battery is scientifically supporting and communicating forensic evaluation results; title: Formal neuropsychological methods; title: In defense of the Halstead-Reitan Battery: a critique of Lezak's review; title: In defense of the Halstead-Reitan Battery: revisited; title: Norming subjects for the Halstead-Reitan Battery; title: Major Halstead-Reitan Battern norm sets.