Neuropsychology - Education
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Child neurology: autism as a model: considerations for advanced training in behavioral child neurology.

30 Aug 2009 In this article, we advocate for advanced training for child neurologists in behavior and development in order to facilitate the investigation of childhood behavioral and neurodevelopmental disabilities, with autism serving as a model disorder. We ... Read more...

Professional considerations for improving the neuropsychological evaluation of Hispanics: a National Academy of Neuropsychology education paper.

15 Mar 2009 In a national survey, 82% of U.S. neuropsychologists who offered services to Hispanics self-reported inadequate preparation to work with this population (Echemendia, Harris, Congett, Diaz, & Puente, 1997). The purpose of this paper is to improve the ... Read more...

Recommendations for diagnosing a mild traumatic brain injury: a National Academy of Neuropsychology education paper.

15 Mar 2009 A special interest group of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine [ACRM; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee. (1993). Definition of mild traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 8 (3), 86-87.] was the first ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Neuropsychology - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Child neurology: autism as a model: considerations for advanced training in behavioral child neurology. 30 Aug 2009
• Professional considerations for improving the neuropsychological evaluation of Hispanics: a National Academy of Neuropsychology education paper. 15 Mar 2009
• Recommendations for diagnosing a mild traumatic brain injury: a National Academy of Neuropsychology education paper. 15 Mar 2009
• Neuropsychological consequences of boxing and recommendations to improve safety: a National Academy of Neuropsychology education paper. 10 Mar 2009
• [French national survey on neurology resident training] 18 Jan 2009
• President's Annual State of the Academy Report. 30 Dec 2008
• Identifying areas for curricular program improvement based on perceptions of skills, competencies, and performance. 30 Dec 2008
• Essay competition winner. 'The great thing in all education is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy'--William James. 29 Sep 2008
• Neurobiological formulations: integrating clinical and biological psychiatry. 30 Oct 2007
• A quest for antipsychotic drug actions in the brain: personal experiences from 50 years of neuropsychiatric research at Karolinska Institutet. 23 May 2007
• Clinical use of functional magnetic resonance imaging: reflections on the new CPT codes. 25 Apr 2007
• Dyslexia, learning, and pedagogical neuroscience. 30 Mar 2007
• The ACNP and me. 27 Feb 2007
• About the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. 27 Feb 2007
• President's Annual State Of The Academy Report. 30 Dec 2006
• The use, education, training and supervision of neuropsychological test technicians (psychometrists) in clinical practice. Official statement of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. 29 Nov 2006
• Effect of a structured course involving goal management training in older adults: A randomised controlled trial. 5 Sep 2006
• The TCN/AACN 2005 "salary survey": professional practices, beliefs, and incomes of U.S. neuropsychologists. 30 Aug 2006
• Why girls will be girls. 29 Jul 2006
• Coalescence of psychiatry, neurology, and neuropsychology: from theory to practice. 29 Apr 2006

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Technical information about 'Neuropsychology'

Definition: A branch of psychology which investigates the correlation between experience or behavior and the basic neurophysiological processes. The term neuropsychology stresses the dominant role of the nervous system. It is a more narrowly defined field than physiological psychology or psychophysiology.

Descriptor UI: D009484

Alternative terms: Neuropsychology; Neuropsychologies;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.096.795.600; H01.158.782.795.110;

History Note: 85

Technical Notes: SPEC: not for coord of NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES /psychol; IM, SPEC qualif; NIM coord, no qualif; DF: NEUROPSYCHOL