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Principles of Neuropsychological Assessment with Hispanics : Theoretical Foundations and Clinical Practice

Here is the first volume of a new series that explores diversity, culture, and ethnicity and their impact on neurological function. This volume features research-based evidence on the impact of Hispanic culture on brain-behavior relationships.
eBook, English, 2008
Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, New York, NY, 2008
1 online resource
9780387717579, 9780387717586, 0387717579, 0387717587
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Chapter 1. Introduction and Theoretical Foundations (S. A. Lawless, J. K. Ries, A. M. Llorente).- Chapter 2. American Population Estimates, Trends in American Immigration, and Neuropsychology: Influences on Assessment and Inferential Processes with Hispanic Populations.- Chapter 3. Hispanic Populations: Special Issues in Neuropsychology.- Chapter 4. Intellectual Abilities: An Introduction to Theoretical and Applied Assessment Considerations (C. von Thomsen, L. Gallup, and A. M. Llorente).- Chapter 5. Language: Development, Bilingualism, and Abnormal States (C. French and A. M. Llorente).- Chapter 6. The Neuropsychological Assessment of the Hispanic Patient (A. M. Llorente and D. Weber).- Chapter 7. Hispanics and Cultural Bias: Test Development and Applications (P. Smith, E. Lane, and A. M. Llorente).- Chapter 8. Rehabilitation (J. K. Ries, B. Potter, and A. M. Llorente).- Summary and Concluding Remarks.