Benton A
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 1992 Jun;14(3):407-17. doi: 10.1080/01688639208407616.
Clinical neuropsychology has made significant progress during the past 30 years. Practice and research have expanded remarkably in scope and are more incisive and more highly focused. There has been an explosive development of test methods but clinical neuropsychologists have yet to take full advantage of them. An effort should be made to combine the strengths of the "fixed battery" and "flexible" approaches to assessment. Further advances in neuropsychological assessment will come about only to the degree that they are linked to evolving concepts of brain-behavior relationships. Neuropsychologists now require a deeper understanding of basic neuroscience and cognitive psychology than was true in the past. Steps should be taken to insure that training to achieve that understanding is provided to the upcoming generation of neuropsychologists.
在过去30年里，临床神经心理学取得了显著进展。实践和研究在范围上有了显著扩展，更加深入且重点更为突出。测试方法有了迅猛发展，但临床神经心理学家尚未充分利用这些方法。应努力将“固定成套测验”和“灵活”评估方法的优势结合起来。神经心理学评估的进一步进展只有在与不断发展的脑-行为关系概念相联系的程度上才会实现。如今，神经心理学家需要比过去更深入地理解基础神经科学和认知心理学。应采取措施确保为下一代神经心理学家提供实现这种理解所需的培训。
