Cognitive Microgenesis: A Neuropsychological Perspective

by Anne Harrington (Foreword by), Robert E. Hanlon (Editor)

Overview

Presents experimental methodology, neuropsychological interpretations, and clinical applications of cognitive microgenesis theory along with research findings on visual information processing, anxiety, defense, attention, and personality assessment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461277781
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	10/06/2011
Series:	Springer Series in Neuropsychology Series
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Pages:	323
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

I Neuropsychological Interpretation and Clinical Applications.- 1 Neofronerebellar Evolution in Regard to Computation and Prediction: Some Fractal Aspects of Microgenesis.- 2 Microgenetic Theory and the Dual Premotor Systems Hypothesis: Implications for Rehabilitation of the Brain-Damaged Subject.- 3 Mental States and Perceptual Experience.- 4 Meaning and Consciousness: Microgenetic Perspectives on Levels of Processing and Hemispheric Asymmetry.- 5 Reflections on Perception and Action.- 6 Microgenesis: A Genesis From Prototheory to Neuropsychology.- 7 The Microgenesis of Schizophrenic Symptoms.- 8 The Psycholinguistics of Microgenesis: The Nature of Paraphasia.- 9 The Role of Neuromotor Activation in the Facilitation of Language Production: Rehabilitation Applications.- II Experimental Methods and Findings.- 10 Percept-Genesis: A Frame of Reference for Neuropsychological Research.- 11 Application of a Percept-Genetic Methodology to Neuropsychology.- 12 Microgenesis in Visual Information Processing: Some Experimental Results.- 13 Anxiety, Defense, and Attention Control.- 14 Microgenetic Techniques of Personality Assessment.- Appendix Selected References on Microgenesis.

Editorial Reviews

Neuropsychologists, neurologists, and cognitive psychologists explain the principles of the microgenetic model of cognitive processing, which is being used both clinically and experimentally to account for normal and abnormal cognition in relation to phylo-ontogeny, and for manifestations of such disorders as aphasia, amnesia, visuoperceptive disorders, schizophrenia, and dementia. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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