Neuropsychological Research

Peter Mariën is a clinical neurolinguist in the department of Neurology at ZNA Middelheim Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium. He is professor in neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels and the University of Ghent. His main area of research is situated in the field of clinical neurolinguistics and neuropsychology. Jubin Abutalebi is a cognitive neurologist and senior researcher at the Faculty of Psychology of the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan, Italy. His research interests lie in the area of clinical neuropsychology and, specifically, language disorders in theory and practice.

Introduction. Homage to Luigi A. Vignolo. Dedication to a Pioneer in Neuropsychology. Section 1: Approaching the Brain. A Multiplicity of Intelligences. Neural Circuitry Underlying Language. Structural and Functional Neuroimaging in Neuropsychology: A Concise Overview. Section 2: Language Disorders. Aphasia and the Diagram Makers: An Update. Right Hemisphere Lesions and Language: Theoretic and Clinical Perspectives. Acquired Dyslexia and Dysgraphia. Developmental Dyslexia: From Neuropsychology to Genetics and Back Again. Aphasia Recovery: Neural Mechanisms. Aphasia Rehabilitation. Section 3: Skilled Movement, Music and Number Processing Disorders. The Forelimb Apraxias. Should We Make Aphasic Patients Sing? The Neuropsychology of Calculation and Number Processing. Section 4: Modality-specific Recognition Disorders. Perceptual Categorisation. Visual Agnosia. Auditory Agnosias. Somaesthetic Recognition Disorders. Section 5: Neglect, Attentional and Executive Disorders. Subcortical Neglect. Neuropsychology of Attention. Measuring Human Cognition On-line with Electrophysiological Methods: The Case of Selective Attention. The Frontal Lobe: Executive, Emotional and Neurological Functions. Section 6: Memory Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases. Memory: Structure, Function and Dysfunction. Effects of Aging and Dementia on Memory. Semantic Dementia: The Story So Far. Behavioural and Neuropsychological Correlates of Frontal lobe Features in Dementia. How the Brain Creates the Mind.