The Neuropsychology Arena provides professionals, researchers, instructors and students with information on the range of Neuropsychology books produced by Routledge, Psychology Press, and also by Guilford Press.
Subjects covered by this Arena include: Amnesia/Memory Disorders, Aphasia, Apraxia, Child Neuropsychology, Developmental Langauge Disorders, Clinical Neuropsychology, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Epilepsy, Laterality, Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Speech and Communication Disorders, and Speech Production Disorders (including Stuttering).
Neuropsychology News:
Cognitive Neuropsychology Student Travel Awards
To recognize and promote outstanding work by young researchers in the field, the journal Cognitive Neuropsychology will award six travel prizes annually to graduate or post-doctoral students.
The prizes will consist of awards of up to USD$750 that can be applied for costs of travel, lodging and registration fees for students presenting a poster or a talk reporting on original cognitive neuropsychological research at a conference.
download PDF for more information and details of how to apply
Read Online 'Modular Processes in Mind and Brain' by Saul Sternberg
In this outstanding new article Saul Sternberg extends his classic methods for using behavioral measures to decompose mental processes by showing how brain-based measures can now be used to derive inferences about the organization of both cognitive and neural processes.
At over 50 pages in length this article is an essential contribution to the literature on brain specialization and modularity, a must read for anyone interested in Cognitive Psychology or Neuropsychology.
Neuropsychology Books, Tests, and Journals 2012
The new Psychology Press brochure of Neuropsychology books, journals, and tests is now available.
This brochure includes new and recent books for researchers and professionals, bestsellers, textbooks for instructors and students, journals, and tests.
view online, download, or request a paper copy of this new catalog
Clinical Applications of Learning Theory
This book examines a variety of psychological disorders from the perspective of the psychology of learning.
Chapters discuss research into the neuropsychological basis of the acquisition of fears, phobias, and clinical aversions, the placebo and nocebo effects, the psychology of drug addiction and relapse following clinical treatment, as well as the role of learning in Tourette’s syndrome, depression, and schizophrenia.
This book will be useful for students of clinical psychology, behavioural neuroscience, and those studying the applications of learning theory to clinical or psychiatric research.
more about 'Clinical Applications of Learning Theory' / order online
Communication Sciences and Disorders: An Introduction to the Professions
This book takes a fresh and engaging look at the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders for the student who is thinking of embarking on a career in the field.
It provides a comprehensive insight into the issues and options, with anecdotes and humor to bring the topic to life.
more about 'Communication Sciences and Disorders' / order online