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In the past 25 years, cognitive scientists have generated a wealth of knowledge about the structure and processes of cognition. Unfortunately, extensions of this knowledge from the experimental laboratory to clinical practice have been infrequent. We believe that the incorporation of principles from cognitive science into clinical tests makes possible a new generation of assessment instruments. In this chapter, we address methodological shortcomings of traditional intellectual and neuropsychological tests, and provide the rationale for the cognitive science approach to test construction. We then discuss a new set of neuropsychological test that we have developed based on the cognitive science approach.
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Delis, D.C., Kramer, J.H., Fridlund, A.J., Kaplan, E. (1990). A Cognitive Science Approach to Neuropsychological Assessment. In: Advances in Psychological Assessment. Advances in Psychological Assessment, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0555-2_4
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