"Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system."
This topic covers the structure and function of the brain as it relates to human behavior.
Neurotransmitters: Chemicals that transmit signals in the brain and nervous system.
Neurons: Nerve cells used for communication in the brain and nervous system.
Brain Structures: Parts of the brain responsible for various functions including the cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, and basal ganglia.
Sensation and Perception: How we perceive and interpret sensory information from the environment.
Learning and Memory: Processes involved in acquiring, storing, and retrieving information.
Emotion: How we experience and express feelings.
Motivation: The driving force behind behavior and action.
Developmental Psychology: Study of how behavior and mental processes change over the lifespan.
Abnormal Psychology: Study of behavior or thinking that deviates from what is considered normal or healthy.
Cognition: Mental processes involved in thinking, reasoning, problem solving, and decision making.
Perceptional Psychology: Study of how we experience and interpret the world around us.
Social Psychology: Study of how individuals interact with one another and with group behavior.
"Professionals in this branch of psychology often focus on how injuries or illnesses of the brain affect cognitive and behavioral functions."
"It is both an experimental and clinical field of psychology..."
"...aiming to understand how behavior and cognition are influenced by brain function and concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of behavioral and cognitive effects of neurological disorders."
"Whereas classical neurology focuses on the pathology of the nervous system and classical psychology is largely divorced from it, neuropsychology seeks to discover how the brain correlates with the mind through the study of neurological patients."
"It thus shares concepts and concerns with neuropsychiatry and with behavioral neurology in general."
"The term neuropsychology has been applied to lesion studies in humans and animals."
"It has also been applied in efforts to record electrical activity from individual cells (or groups of cells) in higher primates (including some studies of human patients)."
"In practice, neuropsychologists tend to work in research settings (universities, laboratories, or research institutions), clinical settings (medical hospitals or rehabilitation settings, often involved in assessing or treating patients with neuropsychological problems), or forensic settings or industry (often as clinical-trial consultants where CNS function is a concern)."
"...neuropsychology seeks to discover how the brain correlates with the mind through the study of neurological patients."
"...concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of behavioral and cognitive effects of neurological disorders."
"Classical neurology focuses on the pathology of the nervous system."
"...behavioral neurology in general."
"Clinical settings (medical hospitals or rehabilitation settings, often involved in assessing or treating patients with neuropsychological problems)"
"...often as clinical-trial consultants where CNS function is a concern."
"It thus shares concepts and concerns with neuropsychiatry..."
"...often involved in assessing or treating patients with neuropsychological problems."
"...aiming to understand how behavior and cognition are influenced by brain function..."
"Classical psychology is largely divorced from [the pathology of the nervous system]."
"The term neuropsychology has been applied to lesion studies in humans and animals."