"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."
It studies the relationship between the brain and behavior, such as the effects of brain injuries and diseases on mental function.
Neuroanatomy: The study of the structure and organization of the nervous system.
Neurophysiology: The study of the function of the nervous system.
Neurochemistry: The study of the chemical processes within the nervous system.
Cognitive neuroscience: The study of the neural basis of cognitive processes.
Perception: The sensory processes that enable us to experience the environment around us.
Attention: The ability to selectively focus on certain stimuli while ignoring others.
Memory: The processes involved in the acquisition, storage, and retrieval of information.
Language: The complex cognitive system that allows us to communicate with others.
Executive function: The cognitive processes involved in planning, decision making, and problem solving.
Motor control: The neural processes involved in controlling voluntary movement.
Neuroplasticity: The ability of the nervous system to change and adapt in response to experience.
Neurodegenerative diseases: Conditions that involve the progressive loss of neurons in the nervous system, leading to cognitive and motor deficits.
Traumatic brain injury: Damage to the brain caused by an external force or impact, leading to cognitive and motor deficits.
Developmental disorders: Disorders that involve disruption in normal brain development, leading to cognitive and motor deficits.
Psychopharmacology: The study of the effects of drugs on the nervous system and behavior.
Neuroimaging: The use of imaging technology to visualize the structure and function of the nervous system.
Neuroethics: The study of the ethical implications of neuroscience research and technology.
"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."