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THE EXECUTIVE BRAIN
Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind
Elkhonon Goldberg, foreword by Oliver Sacks
Oxford University Press, 2001
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Readers of this book will have an understanding of the functions of the frontal lobes of the brain. This has application for neuropsychologists and for other clinicians to deepen their knowledge of the frontal lobes, and for researchers who study the brain.
The frontal lobes perform the most advanced and complex functions in the brain, the so-called executive functions. They are involved in intentionality, purposefulness, and complex decision making. Alexandr Luria called them 'the organ of civilization.' They are involved in leadership, motivation, drive, vision, self-awareness and awareness of others, creativity, gender-linked cognitive styles, social maturity and social responsibility, cognitive development and learning, dementias, personality, and neurological and psychiatric illness.
This book describes the functions of the frontal lobes, the great range of frontal lobe 'styles' in normal people, the tragedies of neurological disease or brain damage, the ways in which these functions can be tested, and ways in which frontal functions can be strengthened. Goldberg describes 'cognitive fitness,' the use of 'cognitive exercise' and a 'cognitive gym.'
Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D. is Clinical Professor of Neurology at New York University School of Medicine and Director of the Institute of Neuropsychology and Cognitive Performance. He is an active researcher, clinician, and teacher.
8 CE credits; 230 pages
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