Main description:

Clinical Cultural Neuroscience aims to provide clinicians and researchers with an overview of contemporary topics relevant to the study of culture in psychology and neuroscience. Within a translational thematic framework, this multidisciplinary volume surveys our current understanding of human behavior and culture along the spectrum of health and disease across multiple levels of analysis, from molecular genetics to sociocultural environment.

Contents:

Preface to the Fifth Volume in the National Academy of Neuropsychology Series on Evidence-based Practices
Acknowledgements

Contributors List

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL CULTURAL NEUROSCIENCE. Otto Pedraza

CHAPTER 2: VYGOTSKY, LURIA, AND THE CULTURAL-HISTORICAL APPROACH TO COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY: EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL BEGINNINGS. David Tupper

CHAPTER 3: CHALLENGES IN THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF ETHNIC MINORITIES. Laura A. Rabin, Donald L. Brodale, Milushka M. Elbulok-Charcape, & William B. Barr

CHAPTER 4: CULTURE AND MEMORY. Lixia Yang, Brenda Wong, & Lingqian Li

CHAPTER 5: ASSESSMENT OF MOOD DISORDERS IN ETHNIC MINORITIES. Vonetta M. Dotson, Shellie-Anne Levy, Deirdre M. O'Shea, Molly E. McLaren, & Sarah M. Szymkowicz

CHAPTER 6: VISUAL COGNITION AND CULTURE. Joshua O. S. Goh, Chun-Yih Li, Yu-Zhen Tu, & Caroline Dallaire-Theroux

CHAPTER 7: COGNITIVE RESERVE, BILINGUALISM, AND THE AGING BRAIN. Brian T. Gold

CHAPTER 8: NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS. Octavio A. Santos, Daryl E. M. Fujii, & Otto Pedraza

CHAPTER 9: NEUROCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF SEMANTICS IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH-SPEAKING CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT AUTISM. Tai-Li Chou & James Booth

CHAPTER 10: CULTURE AND LANGUAGE DIVERSITY IN PEDIATRIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. Veronica Bordes Edgar & Regilda Anne Romero

CHAPTER 11: RACIAL DISPARITIES IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: BIOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS. Megan Zuelsdorff, Lisa L. Barnes, & Ozioma C. Okonkwo

CHAPTER 12: BIAS, EQUIVALENCE, AND FAIRNESS. Otto Pedraza & Fons J. R. van de Vijver

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