The Oxford Handbook of the History of Clinical Neuropsychology

William B. Barr is Professor of Neurology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine with more than 30 years of experience in clinical practice, training, and research in the field of neuropsychology. He is a former Director of the Neuropsychology Division in the Department of Neurology and the NYU Langone Epilepsy Center. Dr. Barr has been on the editorial boards of multiple professional journals. He has also served on committees and boards for various neuropsychological and psychological organizations, including a term as President of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN) of the American Psychological Association (APA). He has an active clinical practice in neuropsychological assessment with ongoing research programs on cognitive and behavioral aspects of epilepsy in addition to other programs in sports concussion, CTE, and forensic neuropsychology. He has a longstanding interest in the academic and professional history of the field of clinical neuropsychology. Linas Bieliauskas is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Michigan. He is ABPP board certified in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology. He is past president of the INS and the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology of APA, and Executive Director for ABCN and AACN. Dr. Bieliauskas has been senior editor for the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition and is editor for the book series Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology and Cognition. His research interests include cognitive, functional, and affective changes due to normal and abnormal aging, and cognitive and personality changes in chronic disease.

Preface
List of Contributors

Part I: History of Neuropsychological Disorders and Syndromes

1. The History of Aphasiology
Andrew Kertesz

2. History of Disorders of Writing and Reading
Victor W. Henderson

3. Katharine McBride, 1935, and