Neuropsychology - Trends
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Beyond the numbers: expanding the boundaries of neuropsychology.

9 Mar 2009 Beyond the Numbers: Expanding the Boundaries of Neuropsychology was Dr Perry's 2007 presidential address in the annual conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. In his address he discussed the achievements of the science of ... Read more...

Forensic neuropsychological evaluations in an academic medical center.

27 Feb 2009 Within the expanding field of clinical neuropsychology, the subspecialty of forensic neuropsychology has developed. Currently, there is considerable diversity within the discipline as to how practitioners approach test selection, reports, and number ... Read more...

A single standard for memory: the case for reconsolidation.

27 Feb 2009 Consolidated memories can re-enter states of transient instability following reactivation, from which they must again stabilize in order to persist, contradicting the previously dominant view that memory and its associated plasticity mechanisms ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Neuropsychology - Trends'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Ten years at the Multisensory Forum: musings on the evolution of a field. 29 Apr 2009
• Introduction to the special issue on goal-directed neural systems. 27 Mar 2009
• Beyond the numbers: expanding the boundaries of neuropsychology. 9 Mar 2009
• Forensic neuropsychological evaluations in an academic medical center. 27 Feb 2009
• A single standard for memory: the case for reconsolidation. 27 Feb 2009
• More attention and greater awareness in the scientific study of magic. 27 Jan 2009
• President's Annual State of the Academy Report. 30 Dec 2008
• The physiology of mind. 30 Dec 2008
• Science of the conscious mind. 29 Nov 2008
• Placing neuropsychology in context. 21 Oct 2008
• Critical issues in cultural neuropsychology: profit from diversity. 22 Sep 2008
• The paranormal mind: how the study of anomalous experiences and beliefs may inform cognitive neuroscience. 3 Jun 2008
• Unveiling the mystery of visual information processing in human brain. 16 May 2008
• [The twenty-first century as a neuropsychology era] 29 Apr 2008
• [Neurology] 29 Apr 2008
• [The rapid development of child neuropsychology] 29 Apr 2008
• Gene-environment interaction in posttraumatic stress disorder: review, strategy and new directions for future research. 28 Feb 2008
• Therapeutic drug monitoring in neuropsychopharmacology: does it hold its promises? 28 Feb 2008
• Is neuropsychology a psychosocial science? 24 Feb 2008
• [Renewed interest in neuropsychiatry within child and adolescent psychiatry] 30 Dec 2007

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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