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Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction To Tests and Measurement, 5/e
Ronald Jay Cohen
Mark Swerdlik

Neuropsychological Assessment

Chapter Outline


The Nervous System and Behavior

Neurological Damage and the Concept of Organicity

The Neuropsychological Examination

The History

The Neuropsychological Mental Status Examination

The Physical Examination

Tools of Neuropsychological Assessment

Interviews and Rating Scales

Case Histories and Case Studies

Tests

Tests of general intellectual ability

Tests of verbal functioning

Tests of memory

Tests of perceptual, motor, and perceptual-motor functions

Other Tools of Neuropsychological Assessment

Neuropsychological Test Batteries

The Flexible Battery

The Fixed Battery

Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery

Other fixed neuropsychological batteries

A Perspective

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Fixed Versus Flexible

Neuropsychological Test Batteries and the Law

EVERYDAY PSYCHOMETRICS

Medical Diagnostic Aids and Neuropsychological Assessment

SELF-ASSESSMENT