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For those professionals looking for a small package filled with reviews of targeted adult neuropsychology science and practice information, look no further than the edited book Neuropsychology: Science and Practice. The book has 10 chapters covering topics of current neuropsychology science and practice that range from a review of evidence-based practice principles to summaries of several disease-specific areas. It begins with an overview of evidence-based neuropsychology and its development. Chapters 2 and 3 summarize modern aspects of essential clinical practice, including information about variability in test scores and symptom validity testing. Chapters 4 and 6 offer readers updates and various theoretical perspectives on cerebral lateralization and aging effects on language, respectively. Neuroimaging as a tool to evaluate functional neuroanatomical correlates is reviewed in Chapters 7 and 8. Other chapters cover timely topics of controversy in the literature, including mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and PTSD, the evidence-base for cognitive rehabilitation, and use of the MMPI-2/MMPI-2-RF in neuropsychological assessment.

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