The progress of brazilian neuropsychology: From research to clinical practice

To present the new edition of Neuropsicologia Hoje is a task that makes me feel truly honored and grateful; this book was part of my training as a neuropsychologist and researcher. It was first published in 2004 with the aim of presenting neuropsychology to graduate students, updating professional skills and discussing new research findings. Thus, the book completed its 10th anniversary of the landmark first edition, being considered one of the pioneers to disclose the neuropsychology in Brazil and a reference work in Portuguese. Since its first publication, the Brazilian neuropsychology has grown and clearly shown a great progress, which is reflected by the expansion of the book. Now, it contains ten new chapters on topics, which are not presented in the first edition, including an entirely part of intervention. The book consists of 5 parts and 33 chapters covering a range of theoretical and practical aspects. The organization of the book follows the multidisciplinary integration model expressed by the renowned professionals from different fields, such psychologists, speech therapists, psychiatrists, and neurologists among others. The first part of the book “General Aspects” presents a brief overview of the main conceptual frameworks that underpin our current understanding of brain structure and functioning. In the first chapter, “Morphofunctional Bases of the Nervous System”, the biologist Alfred Sholl-Franco provides colorful illustrations that enrich even more the content and the description of the whole structure of the nervous system. Intelligence, processes of attention, executive functions, memory systems, language and emotional aspects are some of the main domains in cognitive and experimental neuropsychology, presented along the next seven chapters. The subsequent three chapters (9, 10 and 11) shows the importance of neuropsychology evaluation by bringing forth information about methodological approaches, clinical recommendations, data interpretations and instruments adaptation process. In other words, the part I is an essential content for the neuropsychologist formation. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Developmental Dyslexia are some of the disorders discussed in the second part of the book – “Childhood and Youth”. José Salomão Schwartzman describes the clinical condition of Autism Disorder, emphasizing the importance of the early detection and intervention of autism and pervasive developmental disorders. In the next chapter, Paulo Mattos discusses about the request of neuropsychological assessment in different cases of ADHD suspect. The Speech therapists Simone Capellini and Renata Mousinho accounts for the conceptualization of the term Dyslexia and gives a classical profile of a student with a learning disability in reading. As well as Devel-