Student''s Guide to Cognitive Neuropsychology

Written in a comprehensive and accessible style, A Student's Guide to Cognitive Neuropsychology guides readers through the traditional areas of cognitive neuropsychology and beyond, applying core theoretical principles to real-world scenarios.

List of contents

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 & Attention
Chapter 5: Apraxia & Motor-Planning
Chapter 6: Visual Agnosia & Object Recognition
Chapter 7: Prosopagnosia & Face Processing
Chapter 8: Amnesia & Memory
Chapter 9: Executive Functions
Chapter 10: Aphasia, Dyslexia & Language (Ashok Jansari & Anisha Desai)
Chapter 11: Cognitive Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (Jwala Narayanan & Ashok Jansari)
Chapter 12: Synaesthesia & Sensory Processing (Mary Jane Spiller)

About the author

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.

 

Summary

Written in a comprehensive and accessible style, A Student's Guide to Cognitive Neuropsychology guides readers through the traditional areas of cognitive neuropsychology and beyond, applying core theoretical principles to real-world scenarios.

Product details

• Authors: Ashok Jansari
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9781412947459
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-4745-9
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: SAGE Foundations of Psychology; SAGE Foundations of Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, For undergraduate education and equivalents, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents, Textbook, coursework