Cognitive neuropsychology
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| - | '''Social neuroscience''' is an interdisciplinary field devoted to understanding how [[biological system]]s implement social processes and [[behavior]], and to using biological concepts and methods to inform and refine theories of social processes and behavior. [[Humans]] are fundamentally a social species, rather than individualists. As such, [[Homo sapiens]] create [[emergent organization]]s beyond the individual—structures that range from dyads, families, and groups to cities, civilizations, and cultures. These emergent structures evolved hand in hand with [[neural]] and [[hormonal]] mechanisms to support them because the consequent social behaviors helped these organisms survive, reproduce, and care for offspring sufficiently long that they too survived to reproduce. The term "social neuroscience" can be traced to a publication entitled "Social Neuroscience Bulletin" that was published quarterly between 1988 and 1994. The term was subsequently popularized in an article by [[John Cacioppo]] and [[Gary Berntson]], published in [[the American Psychologist]] in 1992. Cacioppo and Berntson are considered as the legitimate fathers of social neuroscience. Still a young field, social neuroscience is closely related to [[affective neuroscience]] and [[cognitive neuroscience]], focusing on how the [[brain]] mediates [[social interaction]]s. | + | '''Cognitive neuropsychology''' is a branch of [[cognitive psychology]] that aims to understand how the structure and function of the [[brain]] relates to specific [[psychological]] processes. It places a particular emphasis on studying the [[cognitive]] effects of [[acquired brain injury|brain injury]] or [[neurological illness]] with a view to inferring models of normal [[cognitive]] functioning. Evidence is based on case studies of individual brain damaged patients who show deficits in brain areas and from patients who exhibit [[double dissociation]]s. From these studies researchers infer that different areas of the brain are highly specialised. It can be distinguished from [[cognitive neuroscience]] which is also interested in brain damaged patients but is particularly focused on uncovering the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive processes. |
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| - | * [[Affective neuroscience]] | + | * [[Capgras delusion]] |
| - | * [[Biocultural evolution]] | + | * [[Clive Wearing]] |
| - | * [[Biological psychology]] | + | * [[cognitive bias]] |
| - | * [[Cognitive neuropsychology]] | + | * [[cognitive neuropsychiatry]] |
| - | * [[Cognitive neuroscience]] | + | * [[Cotard delusion]] |
| - | * [[Emotion]] | + | * [[emotion and memory]] |
| - | * [[Motor cognition]] | + | * [[Erotomania]] |
| - | * [[Neuroculture]] | + | * [[face perception]] |
| - | * [[Neuroeconomics]] | + | * [[Fregoli delusion]] |
| - | * [[Neuroscience]] | + | * [[HM (patient)]] |
| - | * [[Psychology]] | + | * [[neuropsychological test]] |
| - | * [[Psychiatry]] | + | * [[Phineas Gage]] |
| - | * [[Sociobiology]] | + | * [[primary sensory cortex]] |
| - | * [[Social cognition]] | + | * [[prosopagnosia]] |
| - | * [[Social psychology]] | + | * [[retinotopy]] |
| + | * [[CDR Computerized Assessment System]] | ||
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Cognitive neuropsychology is a branch of cognitive psychology that aims to understand how the structure and function of the brain relates to specific psychological processes. It places a particular emphasis on studying the cognitive effects of brain injury or neurological illness with a view to inferring models of normal cognitive functioning. Evidence is based on case studies of individual brain damaged patients who show deficits in brain areas and from patients who exhibit double dissociations. From these studies researchers infer that different areas of the brain are highly specialised. It can be distinguished from cognitive neuroscience which is also interested in brain damaged patients but is particularly focused on uncovering the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive processes.
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See also
- Capgras delusion
- Clive Wearing
- cognitive bias
- cognitive neuropsychiatry
- Cotard delusion
- emotion and memory
- Erotomania
- face perception
- Fregoli delusion
- HM (patient)
- neuropsychological test
- Phineas Gage
- primary sensory cortex
- prosopagnosia
- retinotopy
- CDR Computerized Assessment System
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