The book you are holding presents the latest findings in clinical neuropsychology, the science that studies the relationship between the brain and behavior and applies this knowledge to psychological-psychiatric-neurological disorders.
How does the brain create and control cognitive functions and behavior? How are emotions, personality, thinking, learning, memory, problem-solving ability, and consciousness created and controlled? How are the neural networks of the brain created and connected to each other? What happens in the brain, personality, and behavior of an individual in case of brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, depression, or other disorders?
This book is an attempt to understand through the various brain damages how the damaged brain structures modify human behavior and affect cognitive functions. This book particularly deals with understanding the biological sources of individual differences and helps us recognize through the presentation of different diseases the disorders of memory, attention, personality, thinking, and emotional expression, which are due to the brain's functioning.