title: Measuring behavior.
abstract: In this article, the author provides an overview of the neuropsychologic approach to evaluation of neurologic dysfunction. The various strengths and weaknesses of this methodology are discussed, and the steps of the neuropsychologic evaluation are detailed.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychology, Pediatrics, and Neurological Surgery, Comprehensive Head Injury Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35213, USA.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Boll
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020258:Neurotoxicity Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results