Neuropsychology

Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology that aims to understand how the structure and function of the brain relates to specific psychological processes.

Related Topics:
Psychology - Brain

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It is strongly scientific in its approach and shares an information processing view of the mind with cognitive psychology and cognitive science.

Related Topics:
Scientific - Information processing - Cognitive psychology - Cognitive science

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It is one of the most eclectic of the psychological disciplines, overlapping at times with areas such as neuroscience, philosophy (particularly philosophy of mind), neurology, psychiatry and computer science (particularly by making use of artificial neural networks).

Related Topics:
Neuroscience - Philosophy - Philosophy of mind - Neurology - Psychiatry - Computer science - Artificial neural network

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In practice neuropsychologists tend to work in academia (involved in basic or clinical research), clinical settings (involved in assessing or treating patients with neuropsychological problems - see clinical neuropsychology), forensic settings (often assessing people for legal reasons or court cases or working with offenders) or industry (often as consultants where neuropsychological knowledge is applied to product design).

Related Topics:
Academia - Clinical neuropsychology

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