Hamanaka T
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Nagoya City University, Japan.
Neuropsychol Rev. 1994 Dec;4(4):289-98. doi: 10.1007/BF01876080.
The development of neuropsychology in Japan since the end of the 19th century will be outlined, including a number of pioneering works that gave a scientific basis to contemporary Japanese neuropsychology. The activities of societies/associations of related disciplines as well as the educational systems of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, which represents in Japan an interdisciplinary field, will be described. After national and international activities are mentioned, a review of significant Japanese contributions to main topics in neuropsychology will be given in some detail: dementia, memory disorders, frontal lobe syndromes, aphasia-alexia-agraphia, callosal syndromes, and specific right hemisphere syndromes. The issues of these interdisciplinary scientific investigations have found application in language and cognitive disabilities of brain-damaged patients, as well as evaluation of medical treatments and comedical rehabilitational effects, care, and counseling. Finally, some comments will be presented on possible and desirable developments of Japanese neuropsychology in the future.
本文将概述自19世纪末以来日本神经心理学的发展，包括一些为当代日本神经心理学奠定科学基础的开创性著作。文中还将描述相关学科的学会/协会活动，以及作为日本跨学科领域代表的临床和实验神经心理学的教育体系。在提及国内和国际活动之后，将详细回顾日本在神经心理学主要主题方面的重要贡献：痴呆、记忆障碍、额叶综合征、失语-失读-失写症、胼胝体综合征和特定的右半球综合征。这些跨学科科学研究的问题已应用于脑损伤患者的语言和认知障碍，以及医疗治疗和综合康复效果的评估、护理和咨询。最后，将对日本神经心理学未来可能的和理想的发展提出一些看法。
