1st Edition

Human Cognitive Neuropsychology (Classic Edition)

By Andrew W Ellis, Andrew W. Young Copyright 2014
336 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Psychology Press

334 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Psychology Press

336 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Psychology Press

Cognitive neuropsychology seeks to understand impairments of specific cognitive functions in relation to a model of normal cognitive processing. The conclusions drawn from the study of abnormal processes are in turn used in the development and testing of theories of normal cognition. First published in 1988, this seminal book represented an attempt to synthesize and systematize progress in the... Read more
Introduction to the Classic Edition. Preface to the 1988 Edition. What is Cognitive Neuropsychology? Object Recognition. Visual and Spatial Abilities. Face Processing. Producing Spoken Words. Recognising and Understanding Spoken Words. Reading: And a Compostie Model for Word Recognition and Production. Further Language and Communication Processes. Memory.

Biography

Andrew W. Ellis worked at the University of Lancaster when this book was written. He is now Professor of Psychology at the University of York, where he teaches cognitive neuroscience. His research uses cognitive, neuropsychological and neuroimaging techniques to investigate aspects of word and object processing, including visual word learning.

Andrew W. Young was also at the University of Lancaster when the book was written, and later followed his colleague to the University of York, where he is now Professor of Neuropsychology. He has also held posts in the Psychology Departments of Aberdeen and Durham Universities, and at Cambridge as a member of the staff of the Medical Research Council's Applied Psychology Unit. Hs research interests are in the neuropsychology and experimental psychology of face perception.