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Matter of Mind: A Neurologist's View of Brain-Behavior Relationships

Matter of Mind: A Neurologist's View of Brain-Behavior Relationships


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Most of what has been learned about how the brain mediates behavior comes from experiments of nature where a stroke or other damage to the brain produces changes in a person's behavior. In Matter of Mind, one of the leading figures in behavioral and cognitive neurology uses patient vignettes and other examples from his rich professional life to show just how much knowledge about brain functions such as reading, writing, language, control of emotions, skilled movement, perception, attention, and motivation has been gained from the study of patients with diseases of or damage to the brain. No knowledge of neurology or neuroscience is required to understand the book, which is intended for neurological patients and their families. It will also be of interest to professionals who study the brain or treat patients with brain damage including neuropsychologists, neurologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, physiatrists, speech pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, and their students and trainees.

Table of Contents:
1: Introduction 2: Language-Cognition Speech - Reading - Writing 3: Emotion Emotional Communication - Emotional Experience 4: Attention 5: Self-Awareness 6: Memory 7: Motor Skills 8: Sensory Perception 9: Conation-Intention

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"Concepts like abulia, akinesia, and impersistence are discussed with excellent explanations of the neuropathology underlying each of these conditions. As expected, emphasis was on the role of frontal lobes. Like the other chapters, the clinical vignettes made for the most interesting reading." --JINS "For those fascinated by neurobehavioral syndromes and how the disorder mind can be understood from intensive observation and experimental deduction...'Matter of Mind' offers an important perspective...Dr. Heilman's book is an adventurous romp through the modern history of behavioral neurology"--Neurology Today "I've just been through it with my students and post-docs; they were all enthralled, as was I. We'll now be using the book to teach neuropsychologists and medics..."--Professor J. Driver, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London "...the book contains well integrated, current, clinically relevant information about higher cortical function. The schematic diagrams with their corresponding legends are particularly useful teaching tools for trainees."--Doody's "...a good refresher and useful reference book for established practitioners."--British Journal of Neurosurgery "For those fascinated by neurobehavioral syndromes and how the disorder mind can be understood from intensive observation and experimental deduction...'Matter of Mind' offers an important perspective...Dr. Heilman's book is an adventurous romp through the modern history of behavioral neurology"--Neurology Today "Concepts like abulia, akinesia, and impersistence are discussed with excellent explanations of the neuropathology underlying each of these conditions. As expected, emphasis was on the role of frontal lobes. Like the other chapters, the clinical vignettes made for the most interesting reading." --JINS "...an adventurous romp through the modern history of behavioral neurology, viewed through the eyes of a protagonist who contributed substantially to its shaping...Dr. Heilman's vivacious narrative style permeates the anecdotes...I have placed my copy between the Oliver Sacks book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and MacDonald Critchley's The Parietal Lobes. Within easy reach, I can pull it off the shelf when a medical student, interest piqued by a patient with an unusual right hemisphere syndrome, wants to learn more."--Randolph S. Marshall, MD in Neurology Today


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780195144901
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Height: 241 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Weight: 575 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0195144902
  • Publisher Date: 04 Apr 2002
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Neurologist's View of Brain-Behavior Relationships
  • Width: 161 mm


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