Executive Functions in Health and Disease

by Elkhonon Goldberg (Editor)

Overview

Executive Functions in Health and Disease provides a comprehensive review of both healthy and disordered executive function. It discusses what executive functions are, what parts of the brain are involved, what happens when they go awry in cases of dementia, ADHD, psychiatric disorders, traumatic injury, developmental disorders, cutting edge methods for studying executive functions and therapies for treating executive function disorders. It will appeal to neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, neuroscientists and researchers in cognitive psychology. - Encompasses healthy executive functioning as well as dysfunction - Identifies prefrontal cortex and other brain areas associated with executive functions - Reviews methods and tools used in executive function research - Explores executive dysfunction in dementia, ADHD, PTSD, TBI, developmental and psychiatric disorders - Discusses executive function research expansion in social and affective neuroscience, neuroeconomics, aging and criminology - Includes color neuroimages showing executive function brain activity

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128037058
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	07/04/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	612
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., is an author, scientist, educator, and clinician, internationally renowned for his clinical work, research, writings and teaching in neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience. He is a Clinical Professor of Neurology at New York University School of Medicine. Diplomate of The American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Neuropsychology and Director of Luria Neuroscience Institute. A student and close associate of the great neuropsychologist Alexandr Luria, Elkhonon Goldberg has continued and advanced his scientific and clinical tradition.

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN HEALTH1. Prefrontal Executive Functions Predict and Preadapt2. The Cellular Mechanisms of Executive Functions and working memory: Relevance to Mental Disorders3. Gene expression in the Frontal Lobe4. A Functional Network Perspective on the Role of the Frontal Lobes in Executive Cognition5. Neural Network Models of Human Executive Function and Decision Making6. Crucial Role of the Prefrontal Cortex in Conscious Perception7. Neurodevelopment of Executive Functions8. Executive Functions and Neurocognitive Aging 9. Assessment of Executive Functions in Research EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN DISEASE10. Cognitive, Emotional and Behavioral Inflexibility and Perseveration in Neuropsychiatric Disease 11. Functional Neuroimaging of Deficits in Cognitive Control12. Executive function in striatal disorders13. Neurodevelopmental disorders and the frontal lobes14. Executive control and emerging behavior in youth with Tourette's Syndrome15. Inside the Triple-Decker: Tourette's Syndrome and Cerebral Hemispheres16. Executive Dysfunction in Addiction17. Seizures of the Frontal Lobes: Clinical Presentations and Diagnostic Considerations18. Executive Functions after Traumatic Brain Injury: From Deficit to Recovery19. Dementias and the Frontal Lobes20. Executive Function in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder21. Executive Dysfunction in Medical Conditions22. Assessment of Executive Functions in Clinical Settings

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A comprehensive review of executive functions in health and disease including coverage of disorders, diagnostic tools and treatment therapies