A Student's Guide to Cognitive Neuropsychology

Are all brains the same? What causes amnesia? And why did a man mistake his psychologist for George Michael?

Find out the answers to these questions, and much more, in A Student's Guide to Cognitive Neuropsychology. Written in an informative and accessible style, this comprehensive text guides you through the traditional areas of cognitive neuropsychology and beyond, applying core theoretical principles to real-world scenarios.

Covering topics from memory to facial recognition, and from language to neglect, this textbook is essential reading for any student of cognitive neuropsychology.

A Student's Guide to Cognitive Neuropsychology also includes features to help enhance your understanding of cognitive neuropsychology, such as:

• Important researcher spotlights
• Key research studies
• Questions for reflection

• Further reading
  Ashok Jansari is Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuropsychology at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Auteur

Dr Ashok Jansari is a cognitive neuropsychologist at Goldsmiths, University of London, and has been working in the field for over 30 years. Ashok has trained with important neuropsychologists in the UK (Rosaleen McCarthy & Alan Parkin) and in the US (Antonio Damasio, Dan Tranel & Ralph Adolphs) and his research spans three areas (memory, face-recognition and assessment of executive functions). In 2004, he was awarded the International Neuropsychological Society's Cermak Award for best research in memory disorders. Ashok is passionate about teaching, mentoring and public engagement with science; he has contributed to TV documentaries around the world and during the Covid-19 global lockdown, he gave a series of free online talks to open the field of neuropsychology to the general public.

Contenu

Chapter 1: Why Study Damaged Brains?
Chapter 2: Methods in Cognitive Neuropsychology: A Tool Kit
Chapter 3: Principles and Issues in Cognitive Neuropsychology
Chapter 4: Neglect
Chapter 5: Apraxia
Chapter 6: Object Recognition
Chapter 7: Face Processing
Chapter 8: Memory
Chapter 9: Executive Functions
Chapter 10: Language
Chapter 11: Cognitive Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (Jwala Narayanan & Ashok Jansari)
Chapter 12: Synaesthesia (Mary Jane Spiller)