Symposia 4 Program Schedule
02/15/2024
11:45 am - 01:15 pm
Room: West Side Ballroom - Salon 1
Symposia 4: History of Neuropsychology: Prior Steps & Future Directions
Simposium #1
New York’s Contributions to the History of Neuropsychology
William Barr, New York University, New York, United States
Category: Other
Keyword 1: test development
Objective:
This presentation will provide a review of key developments that institutions and individuals in New York City have made to development neuropsychology as a science and professional discipline. Many of the founders of neuropsychology studied or worked in New York City at some point in their careers, including Arthur Benton, Kurt Goldstein, Molly Harrower, Hans Lukas Teuber, and David Wechsler. The first neuropsychology research laboratory on the east coast was founded at New York University by Hans-Lukas Teuber and the origins of several aspects of clinical neuropsychology began in New York City including the development of intelligence and memory tests, measures of executive functioning, and the scientific study of cognitive rehabilitation.
Participants and Methods:
Historical review
Results:
Non-empirical presentation
Conclusions:
See above
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