Comparative Neuropsychology and Brain Imaging

by David Emmans (Editor), Arto Laihinen (Editor)

Overview

This festschrift is a special commemorative publication in honor of Prof. Dr. Ulrike Halsband, from the University of Freiburg in Germany, on the occasion of her 60th birthday. The book includes recent views, reviews, and results on such fields as functional neuroanatomy, neuropsychology, education, animal behavior, altered states of consciousness, hypnosis, and the history of psychology in Germany. The contributors are internationally well-known scholars from academic and clinical institutions. (Series: Neuropsychology: An Interdisciplinary Approach / Neuropsychologie - Interdisziplinar - Vol. 2) [Subject: Psychology]

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783643906533
Publisher:	Lit Verlag
Publication date:	05/08/2015
Series:	Neuropsychology: An Interdisciplinary Approach / Neuropsychologie - interdisziplinar , #2
Pages:	474
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Preface 14

Part 1 Functional Neuroanatomy

1 Higher-order Motor Areas in the Frontal Cortex: How do We use them? Jun Tanji 19

2 Hand and Face Observation and the Role of Frontal Areas for Emotional Appraisal Martin Lotze 47

3 Towards a Representational Understanding of Medial Temporal Lobe Processing Patric Meyer Herta Flor 59

4 On the Neuroanatomical Panellation and Multiple Functions of the Inferior Parietal Lobule Juliane Klann Ferdinand Christoph Binkofski Svenja Caspers 75

5 Role of the First and Second Person Perspective for Control of Behaviour: Understanding Other People's Facial Expressions by Denise Potthoff and Rudiger J. Seitz 85

Part 2 Clinical Neuropsychology, Brain Dysfunction and Neurorehabilitation

6 Neurophysiological Assessment and Brain-Communication in Non-Responsiveness and Paralysis Boris Kotchoubey Ujwal Chaudhary Francesco Piccione Niels Birbaumer 105

7 Correlation Between Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease Studied with MRI, FDG-PET and PIB-PET Juha O. Rinne 123

8 Voluntary Movement Deficits of Eyes and Limbs: Neuroanatomy and Diagnosis Styrmir Saevarsson Ami Kristjánsson 133

9 Functional Connectivity Changes in BPD Arun D'Souza 153

10 Borderzones of Neurorehabilitation - A Personal Statement Arto Laihinen 171

Part 3 Neuropsychology- A Bridge to the Sciences, Arts and Education

11 Neuropsychology and Dentistry. Is there any Connection? Tíbor Károly Fábian Anita Beck Wolf-Rainer Krause Pál Fejérdy Péter Hermann Gábor Fábián 179

12 Neuropsychology of Asymmetrical Visual Aesthetic Preferences across European and Asian Cultures Mohammadsaeid Marandi 195

13 What does Neuroscience Tell Us about How to Help Children with Mathematical Difficulties? Ann Dowker 207

Part 4 Animal Behaviour and Pet Ownership Relationships

14 Comparing Individuals within and across Situations, Groups and Species: Metatheoretical and Methodological Foundations Demonstrated in Primate Behaviour Jana Uher 223

15 Beneficial Effects of Pet Ownership on Human Health: The Influence of Caretakers' Attachment Style and Personality as well as Dog's Personality and Behavior Corinna Buderer Verena Schreiner Rainer Wohlfarth 285

Part 5 Altered States of Conciousness

16 How does Hypnosis Heal? Change in an Ego-Free Status Dirk Revenstorf 303

17 State after Removal of a Meningeoma. Mental Rehabilitation with the Support of Hypnosis: Case Study Hans Riebensahm Franceses Scarpinato-Hirt 311

18 Basics, Models, and Visions Thilo Hinterberger 329

Part 6 History of Experimental Psychology and Clinical Neuroscience

19 Wilhelm Wundts Neuropsychologie Jochen Fahrenberg 347

20 The Role of Psychologists for the Clinical Neurosciences Hans-Joachim Freund 375

References 385

Key Words 469