Author: Willanger, Rolf
Title: Intellectual Impairment in Diffuse Cerebral Lesions
Description: Copenhagen, Munksgaard, 1970. orig. wrappers. 224 pp,, 25x17cm, University of Copenhagen doctoral dissertation.. Textual tables. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contents: Psychological processes & the structure of the brain; Patient material; The psychological investigation; Assessment of intelligence & intelligence testing; Procedure & results of tests for intellectual reduction: Word-pair test; Digit-learning test...Anamnesic information concerning memory functions; Distractability & certain emotional responses;Investigation of disturbances in special functions; Disturbances in visual perception with latent time; Aphasic disturbances; Gerstmann's syndrome; Korsakoff's psychosis in the early phase of Wernicke's encephalopathy; Radiological parameters of cerebral atrophy; The relation between the psychological tests and cerebral atrophy; The relation of anamnesic data to cerebral atrophy; The clinical picture in cerebral atrophy & a discussion of the mass action principle.

Keywords: Medical Dissertations, Neurology Testing, Neuropsychology, Psychological, Brain Physiology, Radiology Cortical, Encephalographic, Atrophic Lesions, Measurement, Cerebral Atrophy