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Book SynopsisIntroduction to 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. While comprehensive volumes dedicated to cultural or cross-cultural psychology, cultural neuropsychology, and cultural neuroscience are readily available, the accumulated theoretical and empirical findings remain relatively sequestered within each of those academic subspecialties.
Trade ReviewSynthesizing and advancing the important work from seemingly disparate fields, this timely volume is essential reading for trainees, clinicians, and investigators seeking to more fully understand the multifactorial influences of culture and neurobiology on behavior and neuropsychological functions. Otto Pedraza has gathered an impressive group of experts whose contributions to this book will help practitioners and scientists better recognize and address the challenges present in the ever-growing diversity reflected in our patient and study populations. * John A. Lucas, John A. Lucas, PhD, ABPP, Professor of Psychology, Mayo Clinic *
Unquestioningly, a must own. The authors take us on a historical journey from early philosophers to contemporary translational medicine, molecular genetics, and mobile technologies.Dr. Pedraza and colleagues should be congratulated for integrating culture and neuroscience with best clinical practices. As a single-source textbook, this is an invaluable resource. * Marc Norman, Marc Norman, PhD, ABPP, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego *
In Clinical Cultural Neuroscience, Otto Pedraza enlists experts in culture, psychology, and neuroscience to discuss the latest evidence on topics ranging from language and memory to visual perception and attention, all within the context of health and disease. This volume dives into a complex truth: that humans are fully cultural and fully biological, and the mind cannot be understood completely without a multidisciplinary and multi-level approach. * Joni Y. Sasaki, Joni Y. Sasaki, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Hawai?i at Manoa *
Table of ContentsPreface 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-Théroux 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 Index
