Cognitive Microgenesis: A Neuropsychological Perspective

✍ Scribed by Paul D. MacLean (auth.), Robert E. Hanlon PhD (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 341
• Series: Springer Series in Neuropsychology
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Presents experimental methodology, neuropsychological interpretations, and clinical applications of cognitive microgenesis theory along with research findings on visual information processing, anxiety, defense, attention, and personality assessment.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Neofrontocerebellar Evolution in Regard to Computation and Prediction: Some Fractal Aspects of Microgenesis....Pages 3-31
Microgenetic Theory and the Dual Premotor Systems Hypothesis: Implications for Rehabilitation of the Brain-Damaged Subject....Pages 32-52
Mental States and Perceptual Experience....Pages 53-78
Meaning and Consciousness: Microgenetic Perspectives on Levels of Processing and Hemispheric Asymmetry....Pages 79-91
Reflections on Perception and Action....Pages 92-105
Microgenesis: A Genesis From Prototheory to Neuropsychology....Pages 106-131
The Microgenesis of Schizophrenic Symptoms....Pages 132-149
The Psycholinguistics of Microgenesis: The Nature of Paraphasia....Pages 150-179
The Role of Neuromotor Activation in the Facilitation of Language Production: Rehabilitation Applications....Pages 180-196
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Percept-Genesis: A Frame of Reference for Neuropsychological Research....Pages 199-211
Application of a Percept-Genetic Methodology to Neuropsychology....Pages 212-239
Microgenesis in Visual Information Processing: Some Experimental Results....Pages 240-261
Anxiety, Defense, and Attention Control....Pages 262-285
Microgenetic Techniques of Personality Assessment....Pages 286-315
Back Matter....Pages 316-323

✦ Subjects

Psychology, general