Introduces special journal issue focused on increasing involvement of counseling psychologists in neuropsychology. Notes that preparing counseling psychologists in neuropsychology is consistent with historical emphases of the specialty and that changing professional responsibilities require the acquisition of new knowledge and skills to enable…

Explores integration of counseling psychology and neuropsychology in hospital setting. Sees example of such interchange occurring in rehabilitation unit or hospital where psychologist has responsibilities for helping patients, families, and staff to understand implications of central nervous system dysfunction and to adapt to changes. Discusses…

Views neural mechanisms of emotion from an evolutionary perspective, seeing them distributed across the brainstem, limbic, paralimbic, and neocortical regions. Discusses descending and ascending connections among these levels in relation to three types of emotional processes: peripheral effects on patterned bodily responses, central effects on…

Addresses claims by Ackles and Karrer (1991) that the neurophysiological evidence used to support Dannemiller and Banks' selective adaptation model of early infant habituation (1983) fails to do so. Some evidence that has emerged since 1983 shows that some aspects of habituation during early infancy cannot be explained by appealing to selective…

Presents rationale for integration of training in neuropsychology into counseling psychology curriculum. Discusses rationale against historical development of counseling psychology specialty and current practice of counseling psychologists. Proposes means of integrating training in neuropsychology that allows training to serve as potential means…

Discusses neocortical contributions to emotional processing. Examines parameters critical to neuropsychological study of emotion: interhemispheric and intrahemispheric factors, processing mode, and communication channel. Describes neuropsychological theories of emotion. Reviews studies of right-brain-damaged, left-brain-damaged, and normal adults,…

Presents two subtypes of learning disabilities (LD) to illustrate hypotheses relating to psychosocial functioning of children with LD: that LD subtypes are manifestations of basic neuropsychological deficits; that subtypes may lead to problems in academic and/or psychosocial functioning; and that relationship between neuropsychological deficits,…

Notes that, although students with cerebral dysfunctions are entering colleges and demanding counseling services, provision of quality assessment, treatment planning, and counseling requires training and experience in areas that extend beyond those of most counseling center professionals. Presents rationale for development of counseling…

Explains how brain separates foreground from background in response to its continual need to simplify the surrounding environment; discusses educational/counseling implications of growing understanding of relevant brain mechanisms and processes; and suggests nontechnical explanations and discussion ideas that counselors can use when working with…

Discusses integration of findings from neurosciences, education, and developmental psychology into neuropsychology of learning and describes seven characteristics of integrated approach. Suggests how theory and practice in several areas can be used to rethink current educational practices, and discusses beginning use of computers to match teaching…

Presents syndrome of nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD) and model developed to encompass its complex manifestations. Includes history of development of syndrome, types of children in whom its principal features are manifest, hypothesized neurological bases of syndrome, and test of its developmental dimensions. Provides case study and discusses…

Suggests ways that drug use/abuse might be associated with felony crime and discusses discrepancies of investigations into drug use/abuse and crime. Asserts that there is insufficient evidence to establish differential effects of specific substances that produce biochemical effects on acceleration of particular types of felony crime. (Author/PVV)

Summarizes the latest key brain research findings and invites educators to incorporate the biology of learning into teaching practices. Curriculum should be based on overarching concepts that help students understand and predict what is going on around them at school and in their communities. (PVD)

Recent research on early brain development holds several implications for parents, teachers, health professionals, and policymakers. This report, based on the proceedings from a 1996 national conference on the importance of early brain development for the nation's future well-being, highlights major findings, summarizes their implications for…