Neuropsychology - Research News and Information

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Quantification of five neuropsychological approaches to defining mild cognitive impairment.

29 Apr 2009 OBJECTIVES: Operational definitions of cognitive impairment have varied widely in diagnosing mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Identifying clinical subtypes of MCI has further challenged diagnostic approaches because varying the components of the ... Read more...

Challenging the notion of an early-onset of cognitive decline.

30 Mar 2009 Salthouse claims that cognitive aging starts around 20 years of age. The basis for this claim is cross-sectional data. He dismisses longitudinal data, which typically show the cognitive decline to start much later, around 60 years of age. He states ... Read more...

Schizophrenia and epilepsy: is there a shared susceptibility?

30 Mar 2009 Individuals with epilepsy are at increased risk of having psychotic symptoms that resemble those of schizophrenia. More controversial and less searched is if schizophrenia is a risk factor for epilepsy. Here we review overlapping epidemiological, ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Neuropsychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Quantification of five neuropsychological approaches to defining mild cognitive impairment. 29 Apr 2009
• Challenging the notion of an early-onset of cognitive decline. 30 Mar 2009
• Schizophrenia and epilepsy: is there a shared susceptibility? 30 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
• Beyond the numbers: expanding the boundaries of neuropsychology. 9 Mar 2009
• Secretive recording of neuropsychological testing and interviewing: official position of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. 4 Mar 2009
• Evaluating constructs represented by symptom validity tests in forensic neuropsychological assessment of traumatic brain injury. 27 Feb 2009
• Traumatic brain injury and forensic neuropsychology. 27 Feb 2009
• Best practice guidelines for forensic neuropsychological examinations of patients with traumatic brain injury. 27 Feb 2009
• SLAM on the stand: how the sports-related concussion literature can inform the expert witness. 27 Feb 2009
• Forensic neuropsychological evaluations in an academic medical center. 27 Feb 2009
• The scientist-practitioner model: how do advances in clinical and cognitive neuroscience affect neuropsychology in the courtroom? 27 Feb 2009
• [The value of the neuropsychological evaluation] 27 Feb 2009
• [Connectionist simulation in neuropsychology] 27 Feb 2009
• [Looking at the self under the microscope of cognitive neurosciences: from self-consciousness to consciousness of others] 27 Feb 2009
• Reading other people's mind: insights from neuropsychology. 27 Feb 2009
• All about Elizabeth. 27 Feb 2009
• Wally Welker 1926-2007. 27 Feb 2009
• Convolutions of the silent sports concussion: A neuropsychologist's response to the dark ages of rule-based return-to-play decisions. 27 Feb 2009

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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