Handbook of Medical Neuropsychology: Applications of Cognitive Neuroscience

Abstract

Reviews the book, Handbook of Medical Neuropsychology: Applications of Cognitive Neuroscience by C. L. Armstrong and L. Morrow (see record 2010-18471-000). This book contain chapters on topics ranging from learning disabilities to rehabilitation. And, as the reader will find, many chapters within this volume provide a detailed review of a sub sample of these newer application. This compilation of works is grossly organized into eight sections covering diseases of the nervous system, vascular risk and disease, developmental, genetic, and structural disorders, aging and disorders of aging, as well as sections on immune mediated, endocrine, and metabolic diseases. Finally, there is small section dedicated to rehabilitation although this provides little more than a brief glance into this complex field. The strength of this collection is found within the first section on primary nervous system diseases with an interesting chapter authored by Joseph Tracy and colleagues on epilepsy, a thought provoking chapter by the editor and her colleagues on neuro-oncology and finally a chapter by Cecilia Peralta on multiple system atrophy in which the reader will find a useful overview of symptom presentation and related neuroanatomy. The book has an ambitious scope which in parts sacrifices scientific depth but the editors are to be commended for their effort to cover the breadth of knowledge in a field that has so rapidly expanded. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved)