Handbook of frontal lobe assessment
Sarah E. MacPherson (Author), Sergio Della Sala (Author), Simon Riddington Cox (Author), Alessandra Girardi (Author), Matthew H. Iveson (Author)
Several tests used in clinical practice and research worldwide have been devised to assess the functions subsumed by the frontal lobes of the brain. Anatomical localization has revealed that the frontal lobes can be divided into sub-regions with different functional domains. It is important for clinicians and researchers to be made aware of the functions assessed by individual frontal tests and understand which frontal regions might be impaired in their patient groups, as patients with damage to one of these regions will perform poorly on tasks tapping that region, yet may perform well on tasks tapping the unaffected regions within the frontal lobes. Handbook of Frontal Lobe Assessment provides a critical review and appraisal of the neuropsychological and experimental tests that have been devised to assess frontal lobe functions. It includes many tests that have not been included in previously published neuropsychological compendia. Throughout, the book discusses the available frontal tests in relation to patient and lesion data, neuroimaging data, and aging data, enabling clinicians and researchers to choose the best assessment instrument for their purpose
Print Book, English, 2015
First edition
Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2015