Cognitive, Conative and Behavioral Neurology: An Evolutionary Perspective

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Springer, Sep 17, 2016 - Medical - 326 pages
This ground breaking title presents the many different neurologic syndromes and vastly expanding data in the brain sciences from an evolutionary, or neuro-archeological, perspective, as well as a clinical one. The neuro-archeological perspective offers a more thorough picture of the field – providing hindsight that leads to great insight and foresight. It thus provides the reader with the core foundational aspects of many perplexing neurologic syndromes. Authored by a noted authority in cognitive neurology and including ample tables, diagrams and images, the book covers the full range of behavioral neurological, psychological and neuropsychiatric syndromes, as well as their underlying disease states, relevant neuropsychological tests and contemporary neuroimaging, both structural and functional. The evolutionary approach offers a comprehensive, novel, and completely updated overview of each topic. An invaluable title unlike any other in the field, Cognitive, Conative and Behavioral Neurology: An Evolutionary Perspective is a landmark resource and will be of great interest to neurologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and trainees in all fields.


 

Contents

Introduction
1
Cognitive Archeology Cognitive Neurology and the Unraveling of the Connectome Divulging Brain Function from Fractured Skulls and Fractured ...
10
Neurochemistry
35
Vision Elementary and Complex Visual Processing
51
Temporal Lobe Syndromes
83
Memory Syndromes
98
Left Hemisphere Syndromes Apraxias
131
Parietal Lobe Syndromes
145
Right Hemisphere Syndromes
157
Language Aphasias and Related Disorders
187
Acquired Cultural Circuits
221
Frontal System Syndromes
247
Neuroimaging and Treatments Perspectives
296
Index
313
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Michael Hoffmann MD, PhDProfessor of Neurology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, FloridaDepartment of NeurologyFlorida
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