The chapters published in this volume developed from presentations, and
their associated discussions at a conference organised by the Scottish
Branch of the British Psychological Society, held at Rothesay, Isle of
Bute, Scotland in September 1987. The goal of the conference was to
bring together workers across a wide area of neuropsychological research
to discuss recent technological advances, developments in assessment and
rehabilitation, and to address theoretical issues of current interest.
Thus, the chapters in this book include contributions on the use of
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Single Photon Emission Computed
Tomography in neuropsychological research, studies of hemi- spheric
specialisation and cooperation, alcoholic and Alzheimer type dementia,
prosopagnosia and facial processing, the assessment, management and
rehabilitation of memory problems, the assessment of premorbid
intellectual status and issues in developmental neuropsychology. Many of
those engaged in research and clinical practice in neuropsychology
encounter a range of topic at least as wide as this in their
professional lives. The opportunity for researchers and clinicians to
discuss some of the key issues in the field was invaluable and we hope
that readers gain as much from the material presented here as the
participants did from the meeting itself.