Explaining abnormal behavior

Explaining abnormal behavior: a cognitive neuroscience perspective

by Pennington, Bruce Franklin

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Highly readable and accessible, this book describes how research in cognitive science is transforming the way scientists and clinicians think about abnormal behavior. Bruce Pennington draws on work from multiple disciplines to identify compelling links among psychiatric, neurodevelopmental, and neurological disorders that are not generally studied together. Presenting cutting-edge work on the brain systems involved in key domains of neuropsychological functioning, Pennington sheds light on acqu…

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  • Full title :Explaining abnormal behavior : a cognitive neuroscience perspective / Bruce F. Pennington.

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Highly readable and accessible, this book describes how research in cognitive science is transforming the way scientists and clinicians think about abnormal behavior. Bruce Pennington draws on work from multiple disciplines to identify compelling links among psychiatric, neurodevelopmental, and neurological disorders that are not generally studied together. Presenting cutting-edge work on the brain systems involved in key domains of neuropsychological functioning, Pennington sheds light on acquired neurological disorders like aphasia and amnesia, as well as the development of such conditions a.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):The Guilford Press
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2014

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781462513840, 1462513840
  • oclc:ocn868068355
  • LC Classification:RC454
  • Dewey Decimal:616.89

Table of Contents

Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; About the Author; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Part I. What Explanations Are Possible?; Chapter 1. Scientific Explanation; Chapter 2. Placing Neuroscience in the History of Science and Philosophy; Chapter 3. History of the Localization of Function Debate; Chapter 4. How Does the Brain Compute?; Chapter 5. Classical and Contemporary Models of Abnormal Behavior; Part II. What Are the Disorders?; Chapter 6. Disorders of Perception; Chapter 7. Disorders of Attention; Chapter 8. Disorders of Language.

Chapter 9. Disorders of MemoryChapter 10. Disorders of Action Selection; Chapter 11. Disorders of State Regulation; Chapter 12. Global Disorders; Part III. What Becomes of the Self?; Chapter 13. How to Relate Self to Brain; Appendix A. Human Neocortical Regions; Appendix B. Online Resources; Glossary; References; Index.

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Subjects

Ätiologie Cognitive neuroscience HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases Kognitionswissenschaft MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine MEDICAL -- Diseases MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine Mental illness -- Etiology Neuropsychologie Neurosciences cognitives Psychische Störung Psychology, Pathological Psychopathologie Psychopathology Psychopathology -- methods

Writers

Pennington, Bruce Franklin

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