PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Prospective Memory, Operating Theater, Anterograde Amnesia
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Historically, the clinical approach to the study of brain functions involved the neurological examination, which includes study of the brain"s chief product- behavior. Neuropsychological assessment is another method of examining the brain by studying its behavioral product, but in far more detail than what is covered in the mental status portion of a neurological exam. Neuropsychological assessment relies on many of the same things as psychological assessment and involves the intensive study of behavior by means of interviews and standardized test and questionnaires. Neuropsychological assessment is a means of measuring in a quantitative, standardized fashion the most complex aspects of human behavior. In a broad sense, a behavioral study can be considered neuropsychological so long as the questions that prompted it ultimately lead relate to brain function. Earliest instruments for studying the brain function that remain in use are electrophysiological. These include eeg, ep, erp, and electrodermal activity.
