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Clinical Neuropsychology and Technology

What’s New and How We Can Use It

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  1. Thomas D. Parsons

    1. University of North Texas, Denton, USA

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  • Presents solutions to lack of ecological validity in neuropsychological assessment
  • Presents solutions to the lack of technological progress in neuropsychological assessments
  • Addresses the changing role of neuropsychologists in a technologically advancing field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Thomas D. Parsons
      Pages 3-10

    3. Ecological Validity

      • Thomas D. Parsons
      Pages 11-27

  3. Evolution of Neuropsychological Assessment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Neuropsychological Assessment 1.0

      • Thomas D. Parsons
      Pages 31-46

    3. Neuropsychological Assessment 2.0: Computer-Automated Assessments

      • Thomas D. Parsons
      Pages 47-63

    4. Neuropsychological Assessment 3.0

      • Thomas D. Parsons
      Pages 65-96

  4. Next Generation Neuropsychological Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Telemedicine, Mobile, and Internet-Based Neurocognitive Assessment

      • Thomas D. Parsons
      Pages 99-111

    3. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 3.0: State of the Science

      • Thomas D. Parsons
      Pages 113-132

  5. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Future Prospects for a Computational Neuropsychology

      • Thomas D. Parsons
      Pages 135-146

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 147-190
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About this book

This ambitious and accessible guide reviews innovative technologies enhancing the field of neuropsychological testing. Starting with the premise that standard batteries—some nearly a century old—lag behind in our era of neuroimaging, genomic studies, psychophysiology, and informatics, it presents digital measures offering more efficient administration, more accurate data, and wider clinical applications. Ecological validity and evidence-based science are key themes in these advances, from virtual environments and assessment of social cognition to the shift toward situational reliability and away from lab-created constructs. These chapters also demonstrate how high-tech assessment tools can complement or supplement traditional pencil-and-paper measures without replacing them outright.

This book covers in depth:

·         The evolution of neuropsychological testing over the past century.

·         Current applications of computer-based neuropsychological assessments.

·         The strengths and limitations of simulation technology.

·         The use of teleneuropsychology in reaching remote clients.

·         The potential of gaming technologies in neurocognitive rehabilitation.

·         How technology can transform test data into information useful across specialties.

Clinical Neuropsychology and Technology brings neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, and rehabilitation specialists into the vanguard of assessment measures and processes that will translate into more accurate testing, collaborations between disciplines, and valid and useful outcomes.

Reviews

“Thomas Parsons’s book … serves as a call to arms for practicing neuropsychologists, neuropsychologists in training, and clinical training programs. … Parsons’s book drives home the need for neuropsychologists and test developers to embrace advances in technology, to move forward in adopting new test methods, and to implement a new standard and paradigm for developing neuropsychological measures. The intended audience includes neuropsychologists, students of neuropsychology, and individuals with computer programming experience and an interest in brain and behavior.” (Laura Grande, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 61 (52), December, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of North Texas, Denton, USA

    Thomas D. Parsons

About the author

Thomas D. Parsons, PhD is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of North Texas. Prior to joining the faculty at UNT, he was an Assistant Professor and Research Scientist at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies. His work integrates neuropsychology and simulation technologies for novel assessment, modeling, and training of neurocognitive and affective processes. He is a leading scientist in this area and he has directed 17 funded projects during his career and he has been an investigator on an additional 13 funded projects. In addition to his patents for the eHarmony.com Matching System, he has invented and validated virtual reality-based assessments of attention, spatial abilities, memory, and executive functions. He uses neural networks and machine learning to model mechanisms underlying reinforcement learning, decision making, working memory, and inhibitory control. He has over 100 publications in peer reviewed journals and book chapters. His contributions to neuropsychology were recognized when he received the 2013 National Academy of Neuropsychology Early Career Achievement award. In 2014, he was awarded Fellow status in the National Academy of Neuropsychology.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Clinical Neuropsychology and Technology

  • Book Subtitle: What’s New and How We Can Use It

  • Authors: Thomas D. Parsons

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31075-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31073-2Published: 08 April 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80956-4Published: 25 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31075-6Published: 30 March 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 190

  • Topics: Neuropsychology, Rehabilitation, Cognitive Psychology

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