Overview
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Alfredo Ardila
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Miami Institute of Psychology, Miami, USA
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Feggy Ostrosky-Solis
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National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico D.F., Mexico
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Theoretical and Technical Approaches
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- Robert E. Hanlon, Jason W. Brown
Pages 3-15
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- Dean C. Delis, Amy M. Bihrle
Pages 17-35
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Development and Dissolution of Language
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- Lyda Mejia, Jorge Eslava-Cobos
Pages 85-105
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- Jeffrey L. Cummings, D. Frank Benson
Pages 107-120
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Oral and Written Language Disorders
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Front Matter
Pages 121-121
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- Alfredo Ardila, Monica Rosselli, Oscar Pinzon
Pages 147-175
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- Alfredo Ardila, Maria Victoria Lopez, Eugenia Solano
Pages 177-193
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Basal Ganglia and Cognitive Activity
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Front Matter
Pages 195-195
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- Feggy Ostrosky-Solis, Ignacio Madrazo, Rene Drucker-Colin, Luis Quintanar
Pages 197-218
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Recovery from Brain Damage
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Front Matter
Pages 227-227
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Back Matter
Pages 253-256
About this book
Neuropsychology has presented a particularly formidable array of devel opments during recent years. The number of methods, theoretical ap proaches, and publications has been steadily increasing, permitting a step-by-step approach to a deeper understanding of the tremendously complex relationships existing between brain and behavior. This volume was planned as a collection of papers that, in one way or another, present new research and clinical perspectives or interpretations about brain-behavior relationships. Some chapters present new research in specific topics, others summarize the evidence for a particular the oretical position, and others simply review the area and suggest new perspectives of research. Consistent with the spirit in which the book was planned, the authors present and propose new avenues for developing neuropsychology and understanding the organization of cognitive activity. Part I is devoted to basic theoretical and technical approaches in studying brain organization of cognitive processes. Hanlon and Brown ("Microgenesis: Historical Review and Current Studies") present an over view of some clinical and experimental work from the standpoint of mi crogenetic theory. Microgenesis is considered to be the structural devel opment of a cognition through qualitatively different stages. The authors discuss the growing dissatisfaction with both the old center and pathway theories and the newer modular or componental accounts. They also ex plore how micro genesis can be extended to the interpretation of symp toms of brain damage in developing a structural model of hierarchic levels through which the process of cognitive function unfolds.
Editors and Affiliations
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Miami Institute of Psychology, Miami, USA
Alfredo Ardila
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National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico D.F., Mexico
Feggy Ostrosky-Solis
