Articles
Articles on brain, mind and everyday life
Articles for people deciding whether an assessment would help, and for the families and clinicians around them.
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Memory and ageing
Memory changes: normal ageing, or something more?
How to tell ordinary age-related memory change from the pattern that warrants assessment, written by a HPCSA-registered clinical neuropsychologist in Cape Town.
7 min read
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Stroke
Cognitive and emotional changes after a stroke
The changes after a stroke that are hardest to see are often cognitive and emotional rather than physical. Written by a clinical neuropsychologist whose doctoral research was in right-hemisphere stroke.
8 min read
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Assessment
What actually happens in a neuropsychological assessment
A plain description of what a neuropsychological assessment involves, how long it takes, what the tasks are like, and what you receive at the end of it.
6 min read
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