This leading-edge volume offers a new framework for neuropsychological testing rooted in the
current evidence base on large-scale brain system interactions. Expert coverage brings
traditional discrete areas of cognitive functioning (e.g. attention memory) in line with
highly nuanced relationships between cortical and subcortical processing. The new findings
point to more accurate and targeted testing as authors expand on the judicious addition of
nonstandardized methods to core diagnostic tools and the underused capacity of
neuropsychological testing to assess social behavior and personality. The book's emphasis on
cognition in context gives practitioners better understanding of assessment and evaluation
leading to improved diagnosis treatment and outcomes for individuals as well as significant
improvements in the field.This innovative reference: Reframes cognitive functioning in light of
current data on brain interconnectivity. Critiques current methods of neuropsychological test
interpretation. Reviews known useful interpretive methodologies within a new context. Features
instructive case examples emphasizing accurate historical and test data. Revisits the strengths
and limitations of the bell curve construct. Examines the interpretive significance of
pathognomonic signs. Details strategies for making neuropsychological evaluations more
clinically relevant. Large-Scale Brain Systems and Neuropsychological Testing combines current
findings clinical sense and common sense to ground neuropsychologists school psychologists
child psychologists and clinical social workers in the effective assessment of real-world
functioning.
