Description

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While its origins date back to the 19th Century, the field of clinical neuropsychology has existed as a distinct discipline for less than 60 years. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Neuropsychology tells this story of how neuropsychology has evolved to its present state and where is it going. This comprehensive volume begins with chapters reviewing the history of neuropsychology's approaches to disorders of attention, language, memory, and other conditions. Other chapters focus on the origins of neuropsychology's methods including neuropsychological testing, brain imaging, and studies of laterality including the Wada test. While this volume has a number of chapters covering regional developments in clinical neuropsychology as a profession in the United States, it is one of the first volumes to provide additional chapters on development of neuropsychology across different countries. This Handbook gathers the work of experts in the field to provide extensive coverage of the origins of neuropsychology's methods and its approach to various clinical conditions across the globe.

About the Author

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William B. Barr is Professor of Neurology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine with more than 30 years of experience in clinical practice, training, and research in the field of neuropsychology. He is a former Director of the Neuropsychology Division in the Department of Neurology and the NYU Langone Epilepsy Center. Dr. Barr has been on the editorial boards of multiple professional journals. He has also served on committees and boards for various neuropsychological and psychological organizations, including a term as President of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN) of the American Psychological Association (APA). He has an active clinical practice in neuropsychological assessment with ongoing research programs on cognitive and behavioral aspects of epilepsy in addition to other programs in sports concussion, CTE, and forensic neuropsychology. He has a longstanding interest in the academic and professional history of the field of clinical neuropsychology. Linas Bieliauskas is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Michigan. He is ABPP board certified in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology. He is past president of the INS and the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology of APA, and Executive Director for ABCN and AACN. Dr. Bieliauskas has been senior editor for the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition and is editor for the book series Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology and Cognition. His research interests include cognitive, functional, and affective changes due to normal and abnormal aging, and cognitive and personality changes in chronic disease.