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A Review of the Ecological Validity of Neuropsychological Tests

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The Neuropsychology of Everyday Life: Assessment and Basic Competencies

Part of the book series: Foundations of Neuropsychology ((FNPS,volume 2))

Abstract

Ecology, as it relates to applied neuropsychology, refers to the interrelationship between patients/clients and their environments. With few exceptions, neuropsychologists are not called upon to provide services to persons with totally intact physical and mental abilities; to the contrary, most patients/clients referred have sustained head injury, stroke, or other central nervous system insult. Consequently, the target population for most neuropsychological intervention includes individuals with various cognitive and physical disabilities, ranging from mild to profound in severity. Descriptive characteristics of those persons are numerous, considering the separate descriptive labels used by physicians, nurses, psychologists, and ancillary therapists. Similarly, numerous labels describe the environment. Moreover, those descriptors are not static; they change from time to time as the patient changes during the course of recovery due to natural healing and concurrent medical, surgical, and other therapeutic interventions. So the “ecology” becomes an everchanging kaleidoscope of relationships between individuals and their environments. Given the inherent measurement complexities, ecological research presents a distinct challenge to clinicians and investigators.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. New Medico Rehabilitation and Skilled, Nursing Center of Troy, Troy, New York, USA

    David E. Tupper (Director of Clinical Services, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Director of Clinical Services, Clinical Assistant Professor)

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA

    David E. Tupper (Director of Clinical Services, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Director of Clinical Services, Clinical Assistant Professor)

  3. The Center for Head Injuries, Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, New Jersey, USA

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Acker, M.B. (1990). A Review of the Ecological Validity of Neuropsychological Tests. In: Tupper, D.E., Cicerone, K.D. (eds) The Neuropsychology of Everyday Life: Assessment and Basic Competencies. Foundations of Neuropsychology, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1503-2_2

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