This leading-edge volume offers a new framework for neuropsychological
testing rooted in the current evidence base on large-scale brain system
interactions. Expert coverage brings traditional discrete areas of
cognitive functioning (e.g., attention, memory) in line with highly
nuanced relationships between cortical and subcortical processing. The
new findings point to more accurate and targeted testing, as authors
expand on the judicious addition of nonstandardized methods to core
diagnostic tools and the underused capacity of neuropsychological
testing to assess social behavior and personality. The book's emphasis
on cognition in context gives practitioners better understanding of
assessment and evaluation, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, and
outcomes for individuals as well as significant improvements in the
field.
This innovative reference:
- Reframes cognitive functioning in light of current data on brain
interconnectivity.
- Critiques current methods of neuropsychological test interpretation.
- Reviews known, useful interpretive methodologies within a new context.
- Features instructive case examples emphasizing accurate historical and
test data.
- Revisits the strengths and limitations of the bell curve construct.
- Examines the interpretive significance of pathognomonic signs.
- Details strategies for making neuropsychological evaluations more
clinically relevant.
Large-Scale Brain Systems and Neuropsychological Testing
combines current findings, clinical sense, and common sense to ground
neuropsychologists, school psychologists, child psychologists, and
clinical social workers in the effective assessment of real-world
functioning.