| Contents |
The discovery of cerebral specialization / Harris, L.J -- The introduction of emotions and behavior in the assessment of neurological patients / Genetti Gatfield, M., Colombo, F., Annoni, J.-M -- Anatomical error of Pierre Marie's 'zone lenticulaire' / Iwata, M -- Gogi (word meaning) aphasia and its relation with semantic dementia / Yamadori, A -- Alexia and agraphia from 1861 to 1965 / Henderson, V.W -- Kanji (morphogram) and kana (phonogram) problem in Japanese alexia and agraphia / Sakurai, Y -- Early history of amnesia / Langer, K.G -- History of anosognosia / Gainotti, G -- History of amusia / Kawamura, M., Miller, M.W -- Hemineglect and attentional dysfunction / Langer, K.G., Piechowski-Jozwiak, B., Bogousslavsky, J -- History of frontal syndromes and executive dysfunction / DeRight, J -- History of subcortical cognitive impairment / Filley, C.M -- History of dementia / Assal, F -- Neurology versus psychiatry? Hallucinations, delusions, and confabulations / Carota, A., Bogousslavsky, J -- Developmental cognitive deficits : a historical overview of early cases / Eling, P -- History of neuropsychological assessment / Eling, P -- Historical pathway from description of cognitive recovery to formal neuropsychological rehabilitation / Magnin, E., Ryff, I., Brun, B., Decavle, P., Hague, S., Moulin, T -- Shining a light on some of the most famous 19th and 20th century's neuropsychologists / Walusinski, O., Boller, F., Henderson, V.W. |
| Abstract |
Neuropsychology has become a very important aspect for neurologists in clinical practice as well as in research. Being a specialized field in psychology, its long history is based on different historical developments in brain science and clinical neurology. In this volume, we want to show how present concepts of neuropsychology originated and were established by outlining the most important developments since the end of the 19th century. The articles of this book that cover topics such as aphasia, amnesia and dementia show a great multicultural influence due to an editorship and authorship that spans all developmental initiatives in Europe, Asia, and America.This book gives a better understanding of the development of higher brain function studies and is an interesting read for neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, neurosurgeons, historians, and anyone else interested in the history of neuropsychology. |
