Clinical Neuropsychology

Now in its Fifth Edition, Clinical Neuropsychology reviews the major neurobehavioral disorders associated with brain dysfunction and injury. Like previous editions of this book, the Fifth Edition focuses on the clinical presentation of the major neurobehavioral syndromes, including symptoms, signs, methods of assessment that are useful for diagnosis, and also their underlying anatomy, physiology, and pathology. The major behavioral disorders that are covered include aphasia, agraphia, alexia, amnesia, apraxia, neglect, executive disorders and dementia. The text also discusses advances in assessment, diagnosis and treatment of these disorders. The authors attempt to explain the cognitive mechanisms that can account for specific symptoms and signs, and to provide new information about treatment and management. The authors have drawn from a wealth of new information and research that has emerged since the Fourth Edition was published in 2003. The editors have added a chapter on creativity to the Fifth Edition, since there has been increased interest in creativity, and brain disorders can either enhance or impair creativity. This text will be of value to clinicians, investigators, and students from a variety of disciplines, including neurology, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, and speech pathology. MD Kenneth M. Heilman , The James E. Rooks Jr. Distinguished Professor Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, and  Edward Valenstein, MD , Adjunct Professor, Florida State University College of Medicine Kenneth M. Heilman, MD  is the James E. Rooks Jr. Distinguished Professor Department of Neurology at the University of Florida College of Medicine  Edward Valenstein, MD  is an Adjunct Professor at Florida State University College of Medicine and Professor Emeritus at University of Florida CONTENTS 1: Introduction Kenneth M. Heilman and Edward Valenstein 2: Aphasic Syndromes David Caplan 3: Phonology, Semantics, and Lexical Semantics Stephen E. Nadeau and Diane L. Kendall 4: Syntactic Aspects of Language Disorders David Caplan 5: Acquired Dyslexia H. Branch Coslett 6: Agraphia David P. Roeltgen and Lauren Ullrich 7: Disorders of Visual-Spatial Perception and Cognition Martha J. Farah and Russell A. Epstein 8: Acalculia and Disturbances of the Body Schema Natalie L. Denburg and Daniel Tranel 9: Anosognosia John C. Adair and Anna M. Barrett 10: Apraxia Kenneth M. Heilman and Leslie J. Gonzalez Rothi 11: Agnosia Russell M. Bauer 12: Neglect and Related Disorders Kenneth M. Heilman, Robert T. Watson, and Edward Valenstein 13: Callosal Syndromes Eran Zaidel, Marco Iacoboni, Steve Berman, Dahlia W. Zaidel and Joseph E. Bogen 14: The Frontal Lobes Antonio R. Damasio, Steven W. Anderson, and Daniel Tranel 15: Emotional Disorders Associated With Neurological Diseases Kenneth M. Heilman, Lee X. Blonder, Dawn Bowers, and Edward Valenstein 16: Amnesic Disorders Russell M. Bauer, Gila Z. Reckess, Abhay Kumar, and Edward Valenstein 17: Neuropsychology of Dementia David Knopman 18: Creativity Valeria Drago, Bruce Miller, and Kenneth M. Heilman