Abstract: Neuropsychology aims at understanding the relationships between the brain, on the one hand, and the 'mind' and behavioral control, on the other. Although humankind has always been interested in this issue, the science of neuropsychology is relatively young. Its traditional approach was the study of the associations between focal brain lesions and psychological defects, but today neuropsychology is in possession of refined methodologies and theoretical frameworks for understanding both how the mind works and how the brain works. It is hoped that progress on both fronts will take neuropsychology nearer the solution of the as yet intractable mind–brain problem, despite the feelings of some that neuropsychological research in cognition should be restricted preferentially to inquiring how the mind works, leaving the brain to cognitive neuroscience.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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