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The Myth of Executive Functioning: Missing Elements in Conceptualization, Evaluation, and Assessment
Leonard F. Koziol
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Description for The Myth of Executive Functioning: Missing Elements in Conceptualization, Evaluation, and Assessment
Paperback. This book calls basic assumptions, prominent theories, commonly used test methods and even the phrase executive functioning into question. It places new emphasis on stimulus processing and on the relationship between movement and thought. Series: SpringerBriefs in Neuroscience / The Vertically Organized Brain in Theory and Practice. Num Pages: 127 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMC; JMM; MQV; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Executive 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? Noting the lack of consensus concerning definition, component skills, and location within the brain, The Myth of Executive Functioning calls basic assumptions, prominent theories, commonly used test methods, and even the phrase executive functioning into question. The book's deceptively simple argument takes an evolutionary/neuroscience look at the cornerstones of cognitive organization, including memory, planning, decision-making ... Read more
Executive 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? Noting the lack of consensus concerning definition, component skills, and location within the brain, The Myth of Executive Functioning calls basic assumptions, prominent theories, commonly used test methods, and even the phrase executive functioning into question. The book's deceptively simple argument takes an evolutionary/neuroscience look at the cornerstones of cognitive organization, including memory, planning, decision-making ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
SpringerBriefs in Neuroscience / The Vertically Organized Brain in Theory and Practice
Condition
New
Weight
225g
Number of Pages
127
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319044767
SKU
V9783319044767
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About Leonard F. Koziol
Leonard F. Koziol is a clinical neuropsychologist with specialty board certifications in neuropsychology and pediatric neuropsychology and a recognized expert in executive function disorders. His neuropsychology practice is located in Arlington Heights, Illinois where he works with children, adolescents and adults with attention or concentration problems, memory difficulties, executive dysfunction and learning disabilities both in clinical and school settings. He ... Read more
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