Frontal Lobe Function and Dysfunction - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195062841 ISBN 13: 9780195062847

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1991

Synopsis

The cognitive and behavioral functions of the frontal lobes have been of great interest to neuroscientists, neurologists, psychologists and psychiatrists. Recent technical advances have made it possible to trace their neuroanatomical connections more precisely and to conduct evoked potential and neuroimaging studies in patients. This book presents a broad and authoritative synthesis of research progress in this field. It encompasses neuroanatomical studies; experiments involving temporal organization and working memory tasks in non-human primates; clinical studies of patients following frontal lobe excisions for intractable epilepsy; metabolic imaging in schizophrenia and affective disorder; neurobehavioral studies of patients with dementia, frontal lobe tumors, and head injuries; magnetic resonance imaging methods for studying human frontal lobe anatomy; theoretical approaches to describing frontal lobe functions; and rehabilitation of patients with frontal lobe damage including their core problem of diminished awareness. Written by a distinguished group of neuroscientists, psychologists and clinicians, Frontal Lobe Function and Dysfunction provides the best current source of information on this region of the brain and its role in cognition, behavior and clinical disorders.

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About the Author

Howard M. Eisenberg is at University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195062841
• ISBN 13: 9780195062847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Levin Harvey S., Eisenberg Howard M., Benton Arthur L.