Neuropsychological Assessment

• Part I. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT


• 1. The Practice of Neuropsychological Assessment


• 2. Basic Concepts


• 3. The Behavioral Geography of the Brain


• 4. The Rationale of Deficit Measurement


• 5. The Neuropsychological Examination


• 6. The Neuropsychological Examination: Interpretation


• 7. Neuropathology for Neuropsychologists


• 8. Neurobehavioral Variables and Diagnostic Issues


• Part II. A COMPENDIUM OF TESTS AND ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES


• 9. Orientation and Attention


• 10. Perception


• 11. Memory I: Tests


• 12. Memory II: Batteries, Paired Memory


• 13. Verbal Functions and Language Skills


• 14. Construction


• 15. Concept Formation and Reasoning


• 16. Executive Functions


• 17. Neuropsychological Assessment Batteries


• 18. Observational Methods, Rating Scales, and Inventories


• 19. Tests of Personal Adjustment and Emotional Functioning


• 20. Testing for Response Bias and Malingering


• Appendix 1: Neuroimaging Primer


• Appendix 2: Test Publishers and Distributors


• References


• Test Index


• Subject Index

Muriel Deutsch Lezak is Professor Emerita of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neurosurgery at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon

Diane B. Howieson is Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon

Erin D. Bigler is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah

Daniel Tranel is Director of the Division of Neuropsychology and Chief of the Benton Neuropsychology Laboratory at University of Iowa in Iowa City

"Overall this volume is well organized and provides a definitive guide for neuropsychological assessment. This 4th edition is a useful reference for clinicians and investigators concerned with the neurobehavioral aspects of neurological disease and injury, and it is indispensable for clinical neuropsychologists." --Journal of Neurosurgery

"It is to the credit of these authors who have not only undertaken this monumental task, but have pulled it off in an altogether scholarly and professional way such that this new volume, much like its predecessor editions, and again takes its rightful place among the leading books in contemporary neuropsychology." --The Clinical Neuropsychologist

"The book, often referred to as 'Lezak, ' is without question the most widely-consulted source on neuropsychological assessment as a clinical enterprise. The fourth edition continues in the great tradition of its predecessors..." --Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

"This is an update of what for almost three decades has been the classic textbook of clinical neuropsychological assessment. Neuropsychological Assessment (Fourth Edition) represents a monumental achievement by the authors and remains the most important text on clinical neuropsychological assessment. No practitioner or researcher should be without it." --ACNR

..".the book is a veritable graduate course in the field of psychological assessment, and readers will find information chronicling the most effective ways psychologists have to evaluate and examine the inner workings of the brain." --The Electric Review

From reviews of previous editions

"This is and will remain a very important and central book in clinical neuropsychology. No other current book dealing with the practice of adult clinical neuropsychology has as much to offer...A truly impressive achievement."--Journal of Clinical Neuropsychology

"Hailed by many as the most comprehensive sourcebook in the fi

Overall this volume is well organized and provides a definitive guide for neuropsychological assessment. This 4th edition is a useful reference for clinicians and investigators concerned with the neurobehavioral aspects of neurological disease and injury, and it is indispensable for clinical neuropsychologists. Journal of Neurosurgery