Chapter 3

Question 1

2 research field Neuropsychology

Answer 1

1. Fundamental neuropsychological research

2. Clinically oriented neuropsychological research

Question 2

Fundamental neuropsychological research

Answer 2

Scientific questions are studied in experimental paradigms

Question 3

Clinically oriented neuropsychological research

Answer 3

Regarding issues clinical neuropsychologists handle in healthcare context. Psychometric instruments not always well studied

Question 4

Subtraction

Answer 4

Subtracting a score from a simpler condition from the score of a more complex condition.

Question 5

Single dissociation

Answer 5

When a patient can carry out a task but not another. When the former depends on the latter they can’t do both

Question 6

Double dissociation

Answer 6

Demonstration of two independent processes that were thought to be connected