Experimental Methods in Neuropsychology
Clinical neuropsychology typically employs large standardized test-batteries to cover the cognitive deficits caused by brain lesions and neurodegenerative diseases. The neuropsychologist moves between three levels of explanation; the behavioral level, the
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NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION VOLUME 21 Series Editor:
R. Malatesha Joshi, College of Education, Texas A&M University, US.A. Elena Grigorenko, PACE Center, Yale University, US.A. Advisory Board:
Torleiv Hoien, Center for Dyslexia Research, Norway George Hynd, University of Georgia, US.A. C.K. Leong, University ofSaskatchewan, Canada John Marshall, University of Oxford, UK. Gabriele Miceli, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy Loraine Obler, City University ofNew York, US.A. Pieter Reitsma, Paedologisch Instituut Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The purpose of the Neuropsychology and Cognition series is to bring out volumes that promote understanding in topics relating brain and behavior. It is intended for use by both clinicians and research scientists in the fields of neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, speech and hearing, as well as education. Examples of topics to be covered in this series would relate to memory, language acquisition and breakdown, reading, attention, developing and aging brain. By addressing the theoretical, empirical, and applied aspects of brain-behavior relationships, this series will try to present the information in the files of neuropsychology and cognition in a coherent manner. The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
edited by
Kenneth Hugdahl University ofBergen, Norway
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Experimental methods in neuropsychology / edited by Kenneth Hugdahl. p.cm. - (Neuropsychology and cognition; 21) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4615-1163-2 (eBook) ISBN 978-1-4613-5423-9 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-1163-2 1. Neuropsychology-Research-Methodology. I. Hugdahl, Kenneth. II Series. QP360 .E966 2002 152' .072-dc21 2002028758 Copyright © 2003 by Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2003 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2003
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