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Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Professionals in this branch of psychology focus on how injuries or illnesses of the brain affect cognitive and behavioral functions.
In spring 2019, Small was appointed dean of the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas, [5] [6] a position he held through the 2023 academic year. He lives in Dallas, Texas , with his wife Ana Solodkin, who is Professor of Neuroscience at the same university.
The Clinical Neuropsychologist is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering clinical neuropsychology. It was founded in 1987 as Clinical Neuropsychologist , obtaining its current name in 1995. [ 1 ] It is published eight times per year by Routledge on behalf of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology , of which it is the official journal.
Clinical neuropsychology is a sub-field of cognitive science and psychology concerned with the applied science of brain-behaviour relationships. Clinical neuropsychologists use this knowledge in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and or rehabilitation of patients across the lifespan with neurological, medical, neurodevelopmental and ...
1887 – James McKeen Cattell founded an experimental psychology laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, the 3rd in the United States. 1887 – G. Stanley Hall founded the American Journal of Psychology with a $500 contribution supplied by Robert Pearsall Smith of the American Society for Psychical Research.
A later conference at Houston, Texas, where Division 40 was represented along with other neuropsychology-related organizations, produced the formal criteria for training and education in the field. [10] Division 40 was one of the sponsoring organizations of the Houston conference. [11]
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In 1958 he became professor of psychology and neurology, retiring in 1978, at which time the Benton Laboratory of Neuropsychology in the Division of Behavioral Neurology was dedicated. At Iowa he supervised 46 doctoral dissertations and 24 master's theses.