Neuropsychology - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Traumatic brain injury and forensic neuropsychology.

27 Feb 2009 As part of a special issue of The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, forensic neuropsychology is reviewed as it applies to traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other types of acquired brain injury in which clinical neuropsychologists and ... Read more...

Lie detection: historical, neuropsychiatric and legal dimensions.

Mar 2006 Lying and deception are behaviors that have been studied and discussed extensively in the scientific, philosophical and legal communities for centuries. The purpose of this article is to provide a general overview of the literature and thinking to ... Read more...

The ethical and clinical practice of disclosing raw test data: addressing the ongoing debate.

30 Dec 2005 Neuropsychologists are prone to having raw test data requested by colleagues, clients, and attorneys. Although questions of when and to whom neuropsychologists should release raw test data have been debated for years, uncertainty about how to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Neuropsychology - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Traumatic brain injury and forensic neuropsychology. 27 Feb 2009
• 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
• Can author bias be determined in forensic neuropsychology research published in Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology? 15 Jul 2006
• Lie detection: historical, neuropsychiatric and legal dimensions. Mar 2006
• The ethical and clinical practice of disclosing raw test data: addressing the ongoing debate. 30 Dec 2005
• Regulations governing the out-of-state practice of psychology: implications for forensic neuropsychologists. 30 Dec 2005
• [Clinical neuropsychology and the German statutory health system] 30 Dec 2005
• Protecting the objectivity, fairness, and integrity of neuropsychological evaluations in litigation. A privilege second to none? 27 Feb 2005
• Responsibility and punishment: whose mind? A response. 27 Nov 2004
• The emergence of consequential thought: evidence from neuroscience. 27 Nov 2004
• The frontal cortex and the criminal justice system. 27 Nov 2004
• For the law, neuroscience changes nothing and everything. 27 Nov 2004
• A cognitive neuroscience framework for understanding causal reasoning and the law. 27 Nov 2004
• The brain and the law. 27 Nov 2004
• A neuroscientific approach to normative judgment in law and justice. 27 Nov 2004
• Law, evolution and the brain: applications and open questions. 27 Nov 2004
• Law and the sources of morality. 27 Nov 2004
• How neuroscience might advance the law. 27 Nov 2004
• Law and the brain: introduction. 27 Nov 2004
• [Guidelines for the scientific and professional development of forensic neuropsychology] 29 Jun 2004

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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