Research Catalog

Title

International handbook of cross-cultural neuropsychology / edited by Barbara P. Uzzell, Marcel O. Pontón, Alfredo Ardila.

Publication

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.

Supplementary Content

Publisher description

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Details

Additional Authors

• Uzzell, Barbara P.
• Pontón, Marcel O.
• Ardila, Alfredo.

Description

x, 393 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subjects

• Neuropsychology
• Cross-Cultural Comparison
• Psychiatry, Transcultural > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Neuropsychology > Cross-cultural studies > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Cultural Diversity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Grasping the cross-cultural reality / B. P. Uzzell -- 2. The impact of culture on neuropsychological test performance / Alfredo Ardila -- 3. The art of clinical neuropsychology / Nathaniel William Nelson and Marcel Ponton -- 4. Environmentalists and nativists : the IQ controversy in cross-cultural perspective / Victor Nell -- 5. Qualitative assessment within and across cultures / Carta Caetano -- 6. Cognitive abilities in different cultural contexts / Alfredo Ardila and Kevin Keating -- 7. Speech, language, and neuropsychological testing : implications for African Americans / Constance D. Quails -- 8. Developmental perspectives : culture and neuropsychological development during childhood / Lucia W. Braga -- 9. Executive functions in Hispanics : toward an ecological neuropsychology / Carmen G. Armengol -- 10. Illiterates and cognition : the impact of education / Alfredo Ardila and Monica Rosselli -- 11. Relationship between functional brain organization and education / Alexandre Castro-Caldas -- 12. Educational effects on cognitive functions : brain reserve, compensation, or testing bias? / F. Ostrosky-Solis -- 13. Visuospatial assessment in cross-cultural and nonwestern settings / Roy Sugarman -- 14. Neural circuit of reading and writing in the Japanese language / Makoto Iwata -- 15. Cross-cultural issues in neuropsychology : assessment of the hispanic patient / Marcel Ponton and Maria E. Corona-LoMonaco -- 16. Clinical neuropsychology of spanish speakers : the challenge and pitfalls of a neuropsychology of a heterogeneous population / Gabriel D. Salazar, Miguel Perez Garcia and Antonio E. Puente -- 17. Cultural issues in clinical context with Asian Indian patients : guidelines for the health care team / Amee P. Shah -- 18. Epidemiological, social, and cultural aspects of illness : a case study of brain injuries, stroke, and HIV/AIDS in South Africa / Leak Gilbert and Stephen Tollman -- 19. Natural recovery : an ecological approach to neuropsychological recuperation / Tedd Judd and Roberta DeBoard -- 20. Emotions and attitudes : unbundling sociocultural influences / Shirley G. Tollman.

ISBN

• 0805835857 (alk. paper)
• 9780805835854 (alk. paper)
• 0805835865 (alk. paper)
• 9780805835861 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2005055202

OCLC

• OCM62322530
• 62322530
• SCSB-5326258

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries