{"product_id":"the-myth-of-executive-functioning-leonard-f-koziol-9783319044767","title":"The Myth of Executive Functioning: Missing Elements in Conceptualization, Evaluation, and Assessment","description":"\u003cp\u003eExecutive functioning: we measure it, assess it, document its development in youth, track its decline in age and use it as a basis for diagnoses, treatment planning and-of course-theories. Could it be possible that science has spent decades chasing a cognitive phantom?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoting the lack of consensus concerning definition, component skills, and location within the brain, \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Executive Functioning\u003c\/i\u003e calls basic assumptions, prominent theories, commonly used test methods, and even the phrase \u003ci\u003eexecutive\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003efunctioning\u003c\/i\u003e into question. The book's deceptively simple argument takes an evolutionary\/neuroscience look at the cornerstones of cognitive organization, including memory, planning, decision-making and adaptation to novel circumstances. From there, gaps are identified between systems of cognitive control and those behaviors that are evaluated in neuropsychological testing-gaps that contribute to the disconnect between how science views mind and body, brain and behavior. The author's problem-solving metaphor places new emphasis on stimulus processing and on the relationship between movement and thought as he offers thought-provoking perspectives on: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The limits of neuropsychological constructs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe components of adaptive thinking.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe automatic aspects of problem solving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe left-brain\/right-brain dichotomy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProblems with the domain approach to cognition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew paradigms for testing cognitive functioning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eA controversial presentation with the potential to change clinical practice and training, \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Executive Functioning\u003c\/i\u003e will be read, debated and learned from by neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, cognitive neuroscientists and rehabilitation specialists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonard F. Koziol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3319044761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783319044767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.30d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leonard F. Koziol","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940762714367,"sku":"9783319044767","price":79.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ad2ecb31-28c3-439e-aed1-456a7d389cd9.jpg?v=1681449043","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-myth-of-executive-functioning-leonard-f-koziol-9783319044767","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}