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Development of Neuropsychology as a Professional Psychological Specialty: History, Training, and Credentialing

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Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology

Neuropsychology can be depicted as having a long history and a short past. As early as 400 BC, Hippocrates conjectured a correlation of behavioral observations with possible anatomic localizations, and later Galen related the anatomic localizations to the brain. Although there were occasional detours and distractions, Gall's early-19th-century chronological hypotheses served as the focus of exploration for a time.

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  1. Augusta Neuropsychology Center, 38152, Evans, Georgia, USA

    Lawrence C. Hartlage

  2. Psychology Department, The University of Memphis, 30809, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

    Charles J. Long

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Hartlage, L.C., Long, C.J. (2009). Development of Neuropsychology as a Professional Psychological Specialty: History, Training, and Credentialing. In: Reynolds, C.R., Fletcher-Janzen, E. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78867-8_1

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