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Neuropsychological Assessment Approaches and Diagnostic Procedures

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The purpose of this chapter is twofold. First, we will briefly review three generally accepted approaches to neuropsychological assessment. Second, we will present our transactional assessment approach. This discussion will include evaluation methods for selected functional areas of the central nervous system. The conceptual framework underlying each battery and research with each approach will also be presented.

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