Neuropsychology, Neuropsychiatry, and Behavioral Neurology / Edition 1

by Rhawn Joseph

Overview

This book is written for the clinician, students, and practitioners of neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry, and behavioral neurology. It has been my intent throughout to present a synthesis of ideas and research findings. I have reviewed thousands of articles and research reports and have drawn extensively from diverse sources in philosophy, psychol­ ogy, neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychiatry, physiology, and neuroanatomy in order to produce this text. Of course I have also drawn from my own experience as a clinician and research scientist in preparing this work and in this regard some of my own biases and interests are represented. I have long sought to understand the human mind and the phenomena we experience as conscious awareness. After many years of studying a variety of Western and Eastern psychologists and philosophers, including the Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophical systems, I began, while still an undergraduate student, to formulate my own theory of the mind. I felt, though, that what I had come upon were only pieces of half the puzzle. What I knew of the brain was minimal. Indeed, it came as quite a surprise when one day I came across the journal Brain as I was browsing through the periodicals section of the library. I was awed. An entire journal devoted to the brain was quite a revelation. Nevertheless, although intrigued by the possibilities, I resisted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306431364
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	03/31/1990
Series:	Critical Issues in Neuropsychology
Edition description:	1990
Pages:	383
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.39(d)

Table of Contents

1 The Right Cerebral Hemisphere: Emotion, Music, Visual—Spatial Skills, Body Image, Dreams, and Awareness.- 2 The Left Cerebral Hemisphere: Aphasia, Alexia, Agraphia, Agnosia, Apraxia, Language, and Thought.- 3 The Limbic System: Emotion, Laterality, and Unconscious Mind.- 4 The Frontal Lobes: Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology.- 5 The Parietal Lobes.- 6 The Occipital Lobe.- 7 The Temporal Lobes.- 8 Cerebral and Cranial Trauma: Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Mild, Moderate, and Severe Head Injury.- 9 Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease.- 10 Cerebral Neoplasms.

Editorial Reviews

A wide-ranging survey text written for "clinicians" (what kind is not clear) and students who need a synthesis of basic neuroanatomy and its connection with behavior. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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