This thoroughly revised new edition of a classic book provides a

clinically inspired but scientifically guided approach to the biological

foundations of human mental function in health and disease. It includes

authoritative coverage of all the major areas related to behavioral

neurology,
neuropsychology, and neuropsychiatry. Each chapter,

written by a world-renowned expert in the relevant area, provides an

introductory background as well as an up-to-date review of the most

recent developments. Clinical relevance is emphasized but is placed in

the context of cognitive neuroscience,
basic neuroscience, and

functional imaging. Major cognitive domains such as frontal lobe

function, attention and neglect, memory, language, prosody, complex

visual processing, and object identification are reviewed in detail. A

comprehensive chapter on behavioral neuroanatomy provides a background
for

brain-behavior interactions in the cerebral cortex, limbic system,

basal ganglia, thalamus, and cerebullum. Chapters on temperolimbic

epilepsy, major psychiatric syndromes, and dementia provide in-depth

analyses of these neurobehavioral entities and their neurobiological

coordinates. Changes for
this second edition include the reflection

throughout the book of the new and flourishing alliance of behavioral

neurology, neuropsychology, and neuropsychiatry with cognitive

science;major revision of all chapters; new authorship of those on

language and memory; and the inclusion of entirely new
chapters on psychiatric syndromes and the dementias. Both as a textbook and a reference work, the second edition of

Principles of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology represents an invaluable resource for behavioral neurologists, neuropsychologists, neuropsychiatrists, cognitive and basic
neuroscientists, geriatricians, physiatrists, and their students and trainees.