Cortical functions
Stirling includes clinical descriptions and case studies to illustrate various forms of agnosia, aphasia and the split brain syndrome.
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- Full title :Cortical functions / John Stirling.
Summary
Stirling includes clinical descriptions and case studies to illustrate various forms of agnosia, aphasia and the split brain syndrome.
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- Publication Date:2000.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2000.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xv, 158 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0203169980, 9780203169988, 0203135547, 9780203135549, 9780415192668, 0415192668, 9780415192675, 0415192676
- oclc:ocm48139430
- LC Classification:QP383
- Dewey Decimal:612.8/25
Table of Contents
Cover -- Cortical functions -- Routledge Modular Psychology -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The brain and psychological functioning -- Introduction -- Some history -- The localisation of function debate -- The rise and fall of phrenology -- Interest in aphasia -- Mass action and equipotentiality -- Distributed control -- Summary -- Further reading -- 2 The structure of the brain -- Introduction -- The neuron hypothesis -- Neurons and glia -- Developmental and ageing aspects -- Dividing up the nervous system -- The central nervous system (CNS) -- The spinal cord -- The brain stem -- The midbrain -- The basal ganglia and limbic system -- The cortex -- Sensory, motor and association cortex -- The lobes of the cortex -- The frontal lobes -- The parietal lobes -- The occipital lobes -- The temporal lobes -- Summary -- Further reading -- 3 Methods in neuropsychology -- Introduction -- Techniques of measurement of brain structure and function -- Lesion and ablation -- Electrical stimulation -- Electrical recording -- In-vivo imaging -- Evaluation of in-vivo techniques -- Neuropsychological assessment -- Evaluation of neuropsychological assessment -- In-vivo imaging …
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