Aphasia Awareness Month: Dr. Katharine McBride
As June is Aphasia Awareness Month, I note I recently submitted a chapter about aphasia to be published next year. Aphasia is the loss of acquired language abilities due to brain damage, such as stroke. Neuropsychologists are often called upon to determine the nature and severity of these changes to language functioning. My contribution is a biography of Dr. Katharine McBride, a psychologist working with neurologist Dr. Theodore Weisenburg from 1929 through 1934. They created the first comprehensive aphasia testing battery that was based on the triad of: the use of psychometric tests, tests were standardized in format and ...
Source: BrainBlog - June 16, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: blogs
MOOCs: New Neurobiology Course From Dr. Peggy Mason
Dr. Peggy Mason reported on her blog and on twitter that she will debut a new version of her MOOC course later this year:Blog post The new course will follow closely the contents of the new edition of her textbook. (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - June 12, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: blogs
OBIT: Dr. Isabelle Rapin
Isabelle Rapin, Who Advanced Concept of an Autism Spectrum, Dies at 89 By Richard SandomirThe New York Times09 June 2017Article (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - June 10, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: blogs
Brenda Milner, Eminent Brain Scientist, Is ‘Still Nosy’ at 98
by Benedict CareyThe New York Times15 May 2017Article (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - May 15, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: blogs
Structural MRI of the Hippocampus
This Open Access article is an informative read - Marshall A. Dalton, Peter Zeidman, Daniel N. Barry, Elaine Williams, Eleanor A. MaguireSegmenting subregions of the human hippocampus on structural magnetic resonance image scans: An illustrated tutorialBrain and Neuroscience AdvancesFirst published date: April-06-201710.1177/2398212817701448 A snippet from the Abstract -" The hippocampus plays a central role in cognition, and understanding the specific contributions of its subregions will likely be key to explaining its wide-ranging functions. However, delineating substructures within the human hippocampus in vivo from ma...
Source: BrainBlog - April 14, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: blogs
Dr. Gerald Goldstein
Gerald Goldstein, Ph.D., died last week at the age of 85 years. He was an influential presence in the practice of neuropsychology as a clinical domain and as a science.His career spanned over sixty years. Here is a link to a 2015 celebratory article from the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System about him:Neuropsychology Researcher Celebrates 60 Years. (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - April 13, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: blogs
New Edition of Pinel
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Source: BrainBlog - April 12, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: blogs
