Bücher der Reihe Brain, Behaviour and Cognition

This book fills this important gap in the literature and provides information ranging from a broad overview of the nature of pathology following TBI and its effects on cognition and behaviour, through to the latest evidence about ways to assess and treat social and communication disorders.

This book addresses key issues in child neuropsychology, with particular relevance for clinical practice.

This book focuses on the way in which alcohol affects the brain, with the aim of describing advances in the neuropsychology of alcoholism, making this work accessible to clinicians who treat people with alcohol-related problems.

Surveys the history of aphasia from its earliest mentions in ancient times, to the turn of the millennium in 2000. This book traces the development of theory about and understanding of aphasia, and the role of significant individuals in this history.

Provides an overview of research on anomia. Beginning with an overview of psycholinguistic research on normal word retrieval as well as the influential cognitive models of naming, this book reviews the major forms of anomia. Neuroanatomical aspects, clinical assessment, and therapeutic approaches are also reviewed and evaluated.

A survey of the main behavioural characteristics or symptoms of aphasia, which presents a series of essays on the history and current developments in this field of neuropsychological research. Contributors discuss recovery, rehabilitation and other contemporary issues.

This book brings the reader up to date with the latest advances in understanding spatial neglect, insofar as this contributes to better clinical assessment, management and treatment.

The book begins by considering the epidemiology, causes and structural neuropathology of closed head injury, considers the impact of closed head injury and finally details the outcome, mechanisms for recovery and rehabilitation.

Brings together in one volume further important case investigations that have shaped the way we think about the relationships between brain, behaviour and cognition.

This book brings together a group of leading academics and practicing clinicians to provide an overview of the nature of NBD, considering how it translates into social handicap, and what can be done to address associated problems, through social and behavioural rehabilitation, vocational training, and family education.

This book brings together a group of leading academics and practicing clinicians to provide an overview of the nature of NBD, considering how it translates into social handicap, and what can be done to address associated problems, through social and behavioural rehabilitation, vocational training, and family education.