Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University(Medical Science)  2009;29(6):747-750

Functional neuroimagings' investigation based on clinical neuropsychology

Xiao-Ping, WANG ; M LASSONDE ; Jun-feng, WANG

Keywords

neuropsychology; cognition; functional magnetic resonance imaging; event-related potential; near-infrared spectroscopy

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Neuropsychology, as well as cognitive neuroscience investigates the process of human cognition using several in vivo systemic approaches in order to explore neural mechanism. Besides the routine clinical neuropsychological assessments, up to date the latest neuroimaging techniques based on acoustics, optics, electricity and magnetism, have been applied to construct three-dimensional neuroimaging representations through mathematic models, and to identify functional areas or lesions in the brain. Presently, the combined use of functional MRI (fMRI) and event related potential (ERP) techniques is pioneering, especially when integrated synchronously.