Cognitive Microgenesis

1. Front Matter

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2. Neuropsychological Interpretation and Clinical Applications

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Neofrontocerebellar Evolution in Regard to Computation and Prediction: Some Fractal Aspects of Microgenesis

      • Paul D. MacLean

      Pages 3-31

   3. Microgenetic Theory and the Dual Premotor Systems Hypothesis: Implications for Rehabilitation of the Brain-Damaged Subject

      • Gary Goldberg

      Pages 32-52

   4. Mental States and Perceptual Experience

      • Jason W. Brown

      Pages 53-78

   5. Meaning and Consciousness: Microgenetic Perspectives on Levels of Processing and Hemispheric Asymmetry

      • George Kurian

      Pages 79-91

   6. Reflections on Perception and Action

      • Avraham Schweiger

      Pages 92-105

   7. Microgenesis: A Genesis From Prototheory to Neuropsychology

      • John A. Cegalis

      Pages 106-131

   8. The Microgenesis of Schizophrenic Symptoms

      • Ralph E. Hoffman

      Pages 132-149

   9. The Psycholinguistics of Microgenesis: The Nature of Paraphasia

      • Hugh W. Buckingham

      Pages 150-179

   10. The Role of Neuromotor Activation in the Facilitation of Language Production: Rehabilitation Applications

       • Robert E. Hanlon

       Pages 180-196

3. Experimental Methods and Findings

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Percept-Genesis: A Frame of Reference for Neuropsychological Research

      • Gudmund J. W. Smith

      Pages 199-211

   3. Application of a Percept-Genetic Methodology to Neuropsychology

      • Ingegerd Carlsson, Åsa Lilja, Gudmund J. W. Smith, Aki M. Johanson

      Pages 212-239

   4. Microgenesis in Visual Information Processing: Some Experimental Results

      • Talis Bachmann

      Pages 240-261

   5. Anxiety, Defense, and Attention Control

      • Uwe Hentschel, Manfred Kießling, Arn Hosemann

      Pages 262-285

   6. Microgenetic Techniques of Personality Assessment

      • Juris G. Draguns

      Pages 286-315

4. Back Matter

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Presents experimental methodology, neuropsychological interpretations, and clinical applications of cognitive microgenesis theory along with research findings on visual information processing, anxiety, defense, attention, and personality assessment.

• brain
• evolution
• neuropsychology
• perception
• personality
• psychology
• rehabilitation

• Departments of Rehabilitation and Neuropsychology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

  Robert E. Hanlon

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