Brain Asymmetry and Neural Systems: Foundations in Clinical Neuroscience and Neuropsychology

Introduction.- Mind-Body Issue.- Localization Issue.- Basic Brain Functional Units.- Functional Cortical Levels within Units 2 & 3.- Functional Cerebral Systems Theory: An Integrated Brain.- Arousal Syndromes: First Functional Unit Revisited.- Sensation & Perception: Second Functional Unit Revisited.- Motor Functions: Third Functional Unit Revisited.- Thalamic & Hypothalamic Syndromes.- Syndromes of the Left Brain.- Syndromes of the Right Brain.- Mixed Brain Syndromes.- Frontal Lobe Syndromes.- Neuropsychopathology.- Two Brains, Two Kidneys, Two Lungs: Functional Brain Asymmetry.- Self Awareness.- Attributions & Appraisal.- Confabulation of Speech, Faces & Places.- Logical Linguistic & Affective Prosodic Speech.- Social Approach & Social Avoidance.- Positive & Negative Emotion.- Light & Dark.- Arousal Theory.- Right Hemisphere & Arousal.- Parasympathetic & Sympathetic Tone.- Fast Energetic "Happy Go Lucky"& Slow "Cautious" Response Styles.- Personal, Peripersonal & Extrapersonal Space.- Relationships: Proximal & Distal.- Right Hemi-Aging Theory.- Right Hemisphere & Pain.- Brain Pathology: Circulatory Systems.- Brain Pathology: Neurodegenerative Disorders.- Brain Pathology: Traumatic Brain Injury.