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A taxonomy of neurobehavioral functions applied to neuropsychological assessment after head injury

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Neuropsychological dysfunctions after traumatic brain injury are classified into a taxonomy to plan a comprehensive examination, and organize and report findings for diagnosis and treatment: consciousness, information processing, sensorimotor, neurophysiological, cerebral personality disorders, intelligence, memory, language, stress, psychodynamic, identity and weltanschauung, adaptation, complex adaptive functions, and development of children. Widerange sampling enhances the detection of acute and late-developing dysfunctions, and diagnosis of complex syndromes. Historical, personality, and injury data are components of the assessment. Issues discussed include underestimation of brain injury, malingering, interaction of symptoms, symptom persistence, and noncerebral lesional contributors to impairment after mild head injury.

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Parker, R.S. A taxonomy of neurobehavioral functions applied to neuropsychological assessment after head injury. Neuropsychol Rev 6, 135–170 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01874895

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