Main description:

Provides the hard science behind the relationship between brain activity and culture and the influence of "cultural" variables and test performance
It discusses the current and future challenges for the globalization of neuropsychology
It provides a detailed treatment of the variables influencing cross-cultural neuropsychological such as language, acculturation, education and the use of interpreters
It gives information on the specific differences in brain functioning as the result of cultural influences

Contents:

Introduction

Alberto Luis Fernandez and Jonathan Evans

PART 1: BASIC CONCEPTS IN CROSS-CULTURAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Challenges for neuropsychology in the global context
Aparna Dutt, Jonathan Evans, Alberto Luis Fernandez

Operationalizing the concept of culture
Alberto Luis Fernandez

Developing cross-cultural neuropsychology through the lens of cross-cultural cognitive neuroscience
Hsu-Wen Huang, Chih-Mao Huang

Education, the most powerful cultural variable?
Alberto Luis Fernandez

PART 2: THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURE ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING

Considering culture in the neuropsychological assessment of attention and perception Matthew J. Russell, Hajin Lee, Karen K. Leung, and Takahiko Masuda

Culture and Perception
Sumita Chatterjee

The influence of culture on memory
Bernice A. Marcopulos, & Kara Eversole

Layers of Complexity: The Interplay of Culture and Bi/Multilingualism on Neurocognitive Outcomes Across the Lifespan
Adriana M. Strutt & Beatriz MacDonald

The influence of culture on the assessment of executive functioning
Jonathan Evans

PART 3: PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURE ON NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Cross-cultural testing: adaptation, development or cross-cultural tests?
Alberto Luis Fernandez & Jonathan Evans

Interpreter-Assisted Neuropsychological Assessment: Clinical Considerations
Daryl Fujii, Octavio Santos & Lori Della Malva

The influence of acculturation on neuropsychological test performance
Yi Wen Tan & Gerald H. Burgess

Neuropsychological rehabilitation: Perspectives based on cultural experience
Jill Winegardner

The future of neuropsychology in a global context
Jonathan Evans, Aparna Dutt and Alberto Luis Fernandez