Now in its Fifth Edition, Neuropsychological Assessment reviews the major neurobehavioral disorders associated with brain dysfunction and injury. This is the 35th anniversary of the landmark first edition. As with previous editions, this edition provides a comprehensive coverage of the field of adult clinical neuropsychology in a single source. By virtue of the authors' clinical and research specializations, this book provides a broad-based and in-depth
coverage of current neuroscience research and clinical neuropsychology practice. While the new edition is updated to include new features and topics, it remains true to the highly-regarded previous editions.
Methods for obtaining optimum data are given in the form of hypothesis-testing techniques, clinical tips, and clinical examples. In the seven years since the previous edition, many advancements have been made in techniques for examining brain function and in our knowledge about brain-behavior relationships. For example, a surge of functional imaging data has emerged and new structural imaging techniques have provided exquisite detail about brain structure. For the first time, this edition
includes examples of these advancements, many in stunning color. This edition also includes new tools for clinicians such as a neuroimaging primer and a comparison table of the neuropsychological features
of progressive dementias. The chapters on assessment procedures include discussion of issues related to test selection and reviews of recently published as well as older test batteries used in general neuropsychological assessment, plus newly developed batteries for specific issues.
Now in its Fifth Edition, Neuropsychological Assessment reviews the major neurobehavioral disorders associated with brain dysfunction and injury. This is the 35th anniversary of the landmark first edition. As with previous editions, this edition provides a comprehensive coverage of the field of adult clinical neuropsychology in a single source. By virtue of the authors' clinical and research specializations, this book provides a broad-based and in-depth
coverage of current neuroscience research and clinical neuropsychology practice. While the new edition is updated to include new features and topics, it remains true to the highly-regarded previous editions.
Methods for obtaining optimum data are given in the form of hypothesis-testing techniques, clinical tips, and clinical examples. In the seven years since the previous edition, many advancements have been made in techniques for examining brain function and in our knowledge about brain-behavior relationships. For example, a surge of functional imaging data has emerged and new structural imaging techniques have provided exquisite detail about brain structure. For the first time, this edition
includes examples of these advancements, many in stunning color. This edition also includes new tools for clinicians such as a neuroimaging primer and a comparison table of the neuropsychological features
of progressive dementias. The chapters on assessment procedures include discussion of issues related to test selection and reviews of recently published as well as older test batteries used in general neuropsychological assessment, plus newly developed batteries for specific issues.
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 field
of neuropsychological assessment...It not only should serve as a
reference, but also should be frequently referred to as a working
textbook, occupying a central place on one's
bookshelves."--Contemporary Psychology
"No other textbook offers to integrate such a diversity of
information on such a wide range of abnormal brain
conditions...Lezak is to be congratulated for making substantial
improvements in a previously excellent text."--Journal of
Personality Assessment
"Encompasses both theoretical and practical concerns in an
eminently readable style punctuated by clinical anecdotes and case
histories...There is no single source available today that is so
comprehensive; its sheer volume also serves as a persuasive
reminder of how fast this field has grown."--Journal of Nervous and
Mental Disease
"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
"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
"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 the 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 field
of neuropsychological assessment...It not only should serve as a
reference, but also should be frequently referred to as a working
textbook, occupying a central place on one's
bookshelves."--Contemporary Psychology
"No other textbook offers to integrate such a diversity of
information on such a wide range of abnormal brain
conditions...Lezak is to be congratulated for making substantial
improvements in a previously excellent text."--Journal of
Personality Assessment
"Encompasses both theoretical and practical concerns in an
eminently readable style puctuated by clinical anecdotes and case
histories...There is no single source available today that is so
comprehensive; its sheer volume also serves as a persuasive
reminder of how fast this field has grown."--Journal of Nervous and
Mental Disease
"In summary, the fifth edition of Neuropsychological Assessment
continues to be one of the leading textbooks in neuropsychology. It
is an immensely useful reference for all
assessment issues in adult neuropsychology, and all neuropsychology
students and practitioners would benefit from having it in their
collection. Neuropsychological Assessment is an ideal book for
neuropsychological students and new graduates, and the latest
revision ensures that it continues to be relevant and up-to-date."
-- PETER J ANDERSON, PH.D., Murdoch Childrens Research Institute,
Melbourne and the University of Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia, Journal of the International
Neuropsychological Society
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