Handbook of frontal lobe assessment / Sarah E. MacPherson, Sergio Della Sala ; with Simon R. Cox, Alessandra Girardi, Matthew H. Iveson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacPherson, Sarah, author.

Della Sala, Sergio, author.

Cox, Simon Riddington, author.

Girardi, Alessandra, author.

Iveson, Matthew H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontal lobes.

Frontal lobes--Diseases--Diagnosis.

Cognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (451 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are several tests used in clinical practice and research worldwide that have been devised to assess the functions subsumed by the frontal lobes of the brain. Anatomical localisation has revealed that the frontal lobes can be divided into sub-regions with different functional domains. As a result, a number of authors working in the frontal lobe literature have made a case for patients with frontal lobe damage to be considered in their distinct subgroups, ratherthan considered together in one unitary group. As a result, it is important for clinicians and researchers to be made aware of the

Contents:

8.1 Emotion identification9 Social decision-making; 9.1 Implicit Association Task; 9.2 Iowa Gambling Task; 9.3 Moral Decision-Making Task; 9.4 Ultimatum Game; 10 Theory of mind; 10.1 Animations Task; 10.2 Faux Pas Task; 10.3 Judgment of Preference Task; 10.4 Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task; 10.5 Cartoons Task; 10.6 Theory of Mind Stories; Appendix: Summary Table; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-179932-7

0-19-164830-2

OCLC:

913869309