Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology

Based on the presentations given by well-known specialists at a recent multidisciplinary conference of developmental psychobiologists, obstetricians, and physiologists, this book is the first exhaustive attempt to synthesize the present scientific knowledge on fetal behavior.

The rapid growth in the numbers of older people worldwide has led to an equally rapid growth in research on the changes across age in cognitive function, including the processes of moment to moment cognition known as working memory.

This important book describes the biopsychosocial nature of persisting and complex headache presentations following a mild brain trauma and offers a predominantly cognitive behavioural therapy programme to guide patients toward better health and less pain.

The purpose of this book is to educate readers regarding the efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation across a variety of neurological conditions, with specific emphasis on rehabilitation-related change detectable via neuroimaging.

This book challenges professional and public misconceptions of schizophrenia as an illness with intractable symptoms and inexorable mental deterioration, educating clinicians and researchers on the effectiveness of treatment to change the course of or prevent the onset of illness.

This book developed out of the editors' longstanding interest in the retraining of traumatically brain-damaged adults and the management of their behavior by family members.

Clinical Applications of Linguistics to Speech-Language Pathology is a practical guide that provides linguistically grounded approaches to clinical practice.

"e;Neuropsychological Rehabilitation provides useful introductory material and backgroundinformation on various disorders, assessments, and rehabilitative interventions for adult andgeriatric populations.

This volume presents fascinating new theoretical perspectives and empirical findings on the life-span development of talent.

Anxiety and Behavior focuses on the analysis of factors and conditions that contribute to anxiety, including stress, emotional disturbance, and psychosomatic disorders.

This is the first book to examine in-depth the crucial role of the speed of information processing in the brain in determining reading fluency in both normal and dyslexic readers.

While neuropsychological testing can accurately detect cognitive deficits in persons with brain injury, the ability to reliably predict how these individuals will function in everyday life has remained elusive.

Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) is a form of music therapy developed for people suffering from cognitive, sensory, or motor dysfunctions - arising from neurological diseases of the nervous system.

50 Imaging Studies Every Doctors Should Know presents key studies that have shaped the practice of radiology.

For much of its history, psychoanalysis has been strangely silent about sudden ruptures in the analytic relationship and their immediate and far-reaching effects for those involved.

Attention: A Neuropsychological Approach provides a fascinating overview of the neuropsychological aspects of attention, revealing how we select our information, divide our attention and control our focus of interest.

Prescriber''s Guide combines evidence-based data with clinically informed advice to support everyone who is prescribing in the field of mental health.

A multidisciplinary, integrative volume featuring comprehensive coverage of the exciting and burgeoning area of color psychology.

This is a book about speech and language.

Think about your favourite sport.

Increasing use of ketamine as a recreational drug in Asia, Europe, and America is a great burden on society at large, leading to aspirational strain, unemployment, and crime.

Recognized as the definitive reference in the field, this book addresses a broad range of biologically based disorders that affect children's learning and development.

This clinical reference book presents state-of-the-science knowledge about the neurobiology and genetics of the major mental disorders and how this corresponds with their psychiatric features and neuropsychological traits.

The Clinical Neuroscience of Lateralization gives the first comprehensive transdiagnostic overview of the evidence for changes in hemispheric asymmetries in different psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders.

The Science of Compassionate Love is an interdisciplinary volume that presents cutting-edge scholarship on the topics of altruism and compassionate love.

Executive Functioning: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinical Practice is the first book to offer an in-depth, comprehensive, and clinically applicable analysis of executive functioning (EF), as contrasted with "e;frontal-lobe functioning.

Soul, Psyche, Brain is a collection of essays that address the relationships between neuroscience, religion and human nature.

The mostcritical factor explaining the disjuncture between empathy s revolutionarypotential and today s empathically-impaired society is the interaction betweenthe brain and our dominant political culture.

Challenging Aphasia Therapies presents an entirely new approach to thinking on the subject of aphasia therapy by liberating it from traditional models.

Learn how to apply neurobiology to real-world practice, moving beyond theory to understand brain-based behavior in depth.

Rehabilitation For Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a state-of-the-science review of the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions.

Chorea: Causes and Management provides a comprehensive and timely update for the wide variety of neurological conditions, both inherited and acquired, which result in this common hyperkinetic movement disorder.

Neurobehavioural disability (NBD) follows many forms of serious brain injury and is a major constraint on social independence.

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to genes, fetal development and early brain development.

This book presents a compelling unifying theory of which aspects of the brain are innate and which are not.

Reinforcement: Behavioral Analyses covers the proceedings of the 1970 Symposium on Schedule-induced and Schedule-Dependent Phenomena, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

This book highlights the current epidemiology of suicide among children and adolescents, as well as identifying important risk factors and evidence-based treatment options.

In the advent of managed care and the continuing decline in reimbursement felt across the various disciplines of mental health have had profound impacts upon the quality and quantity of care in the field.

Tiger wakes from a dream to find a big bite on his tail - but can he discover who is the culprit?

Pete, Jem and Belle are enjoying a day at the beach until the weather turns stormy.

Much of the groundbreaking work in many fields is now occurring at the intersection of traditional academic disciplines.

This book is the outcome of a decade of research on the neu- roanatomical mechanisms of learning in the young laboratory rat.

It can start in any number of ways: A legal secretary notices a strange buzzing in her palm.

Discusses research that uncovers multisensory interactions under complex environments.

The professional practice of counseling and mental health can often be complex and litigious.

Speech Bubbles 1 is the first set in an exciting new series of picture books designed to be used by Speech Language Therapists/Pathologists, parents/caregivers, and teachers with children who have delayed or disordered speech sound development, children receiving speech therapy, or by those wanting to provide sound awareness activities for their children.

Those working on the description of disordered speech are bound to be also involved with clinical phonology to some extent.

Sensation of Movement explores the role of sensation in motor control, bodily self-recognition and sense of agency.