Neuropsychology - Ethics
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Secretive recording of neuropsychological testing and interviewing: official position of the National Academy of Neuropsychology.

4 Mar 2009 Neuropsychologists are occasionally asked to have neuropsychological testing observed via the presence of a third party, through one-way mirrors, or with audio or video monitoring or recording devices. The primary reasons for not allowing ... Read more...

Best practice guidelines for forensic neuropsychological examinations of patients with traumatic brain injury.

27 Feb 2009 Forensic examiners generally agree that their contributions to the forensic process have to be based on scientific principles, high ethical values, and sound clinical skills and judgment. In part I, the challenges of maintaining high ethical ... Read more...

Brain imaging and brain privacy: a realistic concern?

30 Dec 2008 Functional neuroimaging has been used to study a wide array of psychological traits, including aspects of personality and intelligence. Progress in identifying the neural correlates of individual differences in such traits, for the sake of basic ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Neuropsychology - Ethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Secretive recording of neuropsychological testing and interviewing: official position of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. 4 Mar 2009
• Best practice guidelines for forensic neuropsychological examinations of patients with traumatic brain injury. 27 Feb 2009
• Brain imaging and brain privacy: a realistic concern? 30 Dec 2008
• A panel interview on the ethical practice of neuropsychology. 28 Feb 2008
• Ethical considerations in geriatric neuropsychology. 30 Dec 2007
• Disclosure of neuropsychological test data: official position of Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology) of the American Psychological Association, Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology, and American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. 27 Feb 2007
• Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est (knowledge is power). 30 Dec 2006
• The ethical and clinical practice of disclosing raw test data: addressing the ongoing debate. 30 Dec 2005
• Neurocognitive enhancement: ethical considerations for an emerging subspecialty. 30 Dec 2005
• Evaluation of competency: ethical considerations for neuropsychologists. 30 Dec 2005
• Ethical issues in cross-cultural neuropsychology. 30 Dec 2005
• Ethical issues associated with the assessment of exaggeration, poor effort, and malingering. 30 Dec 2005
• Ethical controversies in neuropsychological test selection, administration, and interpretation. 30 Dec 2005
• Applied neuropsychology: special issue ethical controversies in neuropsychology. 30 Dec 2005
• Independent and court-ordered forensic neuropsychological examinations: official statement of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. 30 Jul 2005
• Informed consent in clinical neuropsychology practice. Official statement of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. 29 Apr 2005
• Brain scam? 29 Sep 2004
• Evidence-based ethics for neurology and psychiatry research. 29 Jun 2004
• Ethics questions raised by the neuropsychiatric, neuropsychological, educational, developmental, and family characteristics of 18 juveniles awaiting execution in Texas. 30 Dec 2003
• Official position of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology on ethical complaints made against clinical neuropsychologists during adversarial proceedings. 30 Oct 2003

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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