Journal article
Neuropsychological Assessment
The Psychiatric clinics of North America, Vol.15(2), pp.283-299
06/1992
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-953X(18)30237-5
PMID: 1603724
Abstract
Neuropsychological assessment refers to procedures in which standardized instruments are used to measure cognition and behavior, including intellect, orientation and memory, speech and language, perception, and judgment and decision-making. Normative standards, which take into account variables such as gender, age, level of education, and occupational background, are available for the tests. These standards allow for relatively precise quantification of cognition and behavior in individual patients. Neuropsychological assessment furnishes detailed information that can aid in diagnosis, patient management, rehabilitation planning, and the determination of the true extent of cognitive impairment in patients involved in litigation. Over the past couple of decades, the field of neuropsychological assessment has burgeoned at a remarkable pace, becoming firmly established as a crucial component of neurodiagnostic and neuroscientific enterprise. Its role is especially important at the interface of neurology and psychiatry, where many disorders have significant implications for cognitive functioning.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Neuropsychological Assessment
- Creators
- Daniel Tranel - From the Departments of Neurology and Psychology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience (Benton Neuropsychology Laboratory), The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Psychiatric clinics of North America, Vol.15(2), pp.283-299
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0193-953X(18)30237-5
- PMID
- 1603724
- NLM abbreviation
- Psychiatr Clin North Am
- ISSN
- 0193-953X
- eISSN
- 1558-3147
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/1992
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984002328702771
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