Lesion Analysis in Neuropsychology

by António R. Damásio and Hanna Damásio

Book Overview

Knowledge about brain neuroanatomy has played a major role in elucidating the brain mechanisms underlying psychological processes. Nowhere has the role been stronger than in the study of the relation between specific areas of brain damage and changes in perception, memory, and language. This book is about that particular approach to brain and behavior studies--the lesion method--as applied to humans. It reviews advances made with modern neuroimaging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019503919X
• ISBN13: 9780195039191
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 10.4"