Fundamentals of human neuropsychology / by Bryan Kolb & Ian Q. Whishaw

Includes Index.

The development of neuropsychology -- Research of the origins of the human brain and behaviour -- Nervous system organization --The structure and electrical activity of neurons -- Communication between neurons -- The influence of drugs and hormones on behaviour -- Imaging the brains activity -- Organization of the sensory systems -- organization of the motor system -- Principles of neocortical function -- Cerebral Asymmetry -- Individual difference in cerebral organization -- The parietal obes and networks -- The temporal lobes and networks -- The frontal lobes and networks and disconnection syndromes -- Learning and memory -- Language -- emotions and the social brain -- Spatial behavior -- attention and consciousness -- Brain development and plasticity -- Neurodevelopment disorders -- Plasticity, recovery, and rehabilitation of the adult brain -- Neurological disorders -- Psychiatric and related disorders -- Neuropsychological assessment.