Contributions to Neuropsychological Assessment A Clinical Manual [Paperback]

Over ten years have passed since Oxford University Press first publishedContributions to Neuropsychological Assessment, making more widely available the clinical tests developed at the Benton Laboratory of Neuropsychology. Since 1983, many new findings have been generated as these tests are used in a variety of clinical and research contexts. This second edition summarizes this research and adds normative data on new populations including children and the elderly.

Tests of Orientation and Learning
1. Temporal Orientation
2. Right-Left Orientation
3. Serial Digit Learning
Perceptual and Motor Tests
4. Facial Recognition
5. Judgment of Line Orientation
6. Visual Form Discrimination
7. Pantomime Recognition
8. Tactile Form Perception
9. Finger Localization
10. Phoneme Distribution
11. Three-Dimensional Block Construction
12. Motor Impersistence

The work of Dr. Benton and his colleagues is well known for the excellence of its methodological approach to problems of brain damage assessment....What characterizes most (of the tests)...is not only the accuracy with which the material has been prepared and the instructions for test administration have been laid down, but also the impressive body of normative and clinical data that underpin their clinical sensitivity....Not just another battery to use indiscriminately...but a precious kit of diagnostic tools among which the accomplished neuropsychologist will select those suited to answer the specific questions he has in mind. --Cortex

The Benton battery continues to be a mainstay of clinical neuropsychological assessment. It is an ideal group of tests to form the foundation for those learning the principles, rationale, and methodology of the detective work called neuropsychology. --Dr. Bryan Fantie,The American University

This book is more than an administrative manual for neuropsychologists. It is a monument to Dr. Benton'sl“-