It has been 15 years since the original publication of Neuropsychology of Attention. At the time of its publication, attention was a construct that had long been of theoretical interest in the field of psychology and was receiving increased research by cognitive scientists. Yet, attention was typically viewed as a nuisance variable; a factor that needed to be accounted for when assessing brain function, but of limited importance in its own right. There is a need for a new edition of this book within Neuropsychology to present an updated and integrated review of what is know about attention, the disorders that affectit, and approaches to its clinical assessment and treatment. Such a book willprovide perspectives for experimental neuropsychological study of attention and also provide clinicians with insights on how to approach this neuropsychological domain. “Integrates current neuropsychological knowledge with research coming from cognitive and neuroscientific research. Presents information derived from recent developments in the fields of functional and structural brain imaging. INDICE: Part One: Foundations of Attention.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Cognitive Science of Attention.- Chapter 3: Behavioral perspectives onAttention.- Chapter 4: Developmental Consideration: Attention across the Lifespan.- Chapter 5: Psychophysiology of Attention.- Chapter 6: Functional Brain Imaging.- Chapter 7: Models and Mechanisms of Attention: An Overview.- Part Two: Neuropsychology of Attention.- Chapter 8: Functional Neuroanatomy of Attention.- Chapter 9: Neglect Syndrome: A disorder of selective attention.- Chapter10: Varieties of attention disturbance.- Disorders of intention and focused attention.- Disorders of response selection and control, Disorders of sustainedattention.- Chapter 11: Attention Deficit Disorder.- Chapter 12: Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia.- Chapter 12: Subcortical brain diseases .- Chapter 13: Cerebrovascular disease.- Chapter 14: Traumatic Brain Injury and disorders affecting the frontal lobes.- Chapter 15: Metabolic disorders .- Chapter 16: Neuropsychiatric Disorders.- Chapter 17: Delirium.- Part Three: Clinical considerations.- Chapter 18: Neuropsychological assessment of attention.- Chapter 18: Brain neuroimaging approaches.- Chapter 20: Pharmacological and behavioral treatment of attention disturbance.- Part Four: Towards an integrated attentional framework.- Chapter 21: Spatial Determinants of Attention.- Chapter 22: Temporal Determinants of Attention.- Chapter 23: Memory and Attention.- Chapter 24: Processing speed as a determinant of capacity.- Chapter 25: Insights from computational modeling.- Chapter 26: An integrated framework.-
- ISBN: 978-0-387-72638-0
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 500
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés