{"product_id":"9783319044767","title":"SpringerBriefs in Neuroscience: Missing Elements in Conceptualization, Evaluation, and Assessment","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSpringerBriefs in Neuroscience: Missing Elements in Conceptualization, Evaluation, and Assessment\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKoziol, Leonard F.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExecutive functioning: we measure it, assess it, document its development in youth, track its decline in age and use it as a basis for diagnoses, treatment planning and-of course-theories. Could it be possible that science has spent decades chasing a cognitive phantom?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoting the lack of consensus concerning definition, component skills, and location within the brain, \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Executive Functioning\u003c\/i\u003e calls basic assumptions, prominent theories, commonly used test methods, and even the phrase \u003ci\u003eexecutive\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003efunctioning\u003c\/i\u003e into question. The book's deceptively simple argument takes an evolutionary\/neuroscience look at the cornerstones of cognitive organization, including memory, planning, decision-making and adaptation to novel circumstances. From there, gaps are identified between systems of cognitive control and those behaviors that are evaluated in neuropsychological testing-gaps that contribute to the disconnect between how science views mind and body, brain and behavior. The author's problem-solving metaphor places new emphasis on stimulus processing and on the relationship between movement and thought as he offers thought-provoking perspectives on: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The limits of neuropsychological constructs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe components of adaptive thinking.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe automatic aspects of problem solving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe left-brain\/right-brain dichotomy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProblems with the domain approach to cognition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew paradigms for testing cognitive functioning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eA controversial presentation with the potential to change clinical practice and training, \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Executive Functioning\u003c\/i\u003e will be read, debated and learned from by neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, cognitive neuroscientists and rehabilitation specialists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2014-03-18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319044767\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-04477-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 127\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47188379598988,"sku":"9783319044767","price":71.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319044767.jpg?v=1775050442","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783319044767","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}