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Brain Imaging and Neuropsychological Outcome in Traumatic Brain Injury

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Neuropsychological Function and Brain Imaging

Part of the book series: Critical Issues in Neuropsychology ((CINP))

Abstract

Historically, the discipline of neuropsychology has been interested in the localization paradigm relating behavioral deficits to focal lesions within the brain. The first generation of modern neuropsychologists (e.g., Benton & Van Allen, 1968; Hecaen & Albert, 1978; Luria, 1966; Milner, 1954; Teuber, 1974; Zangwill, 1969) sought out distinct groups of patients with lesions confined to specific cerebral regions and documented the corresponding behavioral impairments. What may be considered the second generation has relied on similar experimental strategies (i.e., based on double or multiple dissociations) in their efforts to identify the specific cerebral structures involved in various aspects of memory (exemplified by Mishkin, 1978; Pribram & Broadbent, 1970; Squire & Butters, 1985; Weiskrantz, 1968) or language and cognition (e.g., Benson & Geschwind, 1971; Goodglass & Kaplan, 1972).

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  1. C. Munro Cullum

    Present address: Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, 80262, USA

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  1. Departments of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92103, USA

    Ronald M. Ruff

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92103, USA

    C. Munro Cullum

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92161, USA

    Thomas G. Luerssen

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Ruff, R.M., Cullum, C.M., Luerssen, T.G. (1989). Brain Imaging and Neuropsychological Outcome in Traumatic Brain Injury. In: Bigler, E.D., Yeo, R.A., Turkheimer, E. (eds) Neuropsychological Function and Brain Imaging. Critical Issues in Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2534-3_6

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