title: Meta-analysis in neuropsychology: an introduction.
abstract: This special issue is an introduction to meta-analytic approaches, methods, and findings in neuropsychology. The six articles that comprise this issue include a review article, one article examining the statistical power of a specific research literature, and four new meta-analyses on neuropsychological topics. Together these articles provide a user-friendly introduction to meta-analysis in neuropsychology and are designed to assist the clinician in using and applying findings from these studies to their own research and/or clinical work.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001, USA. gdemakis@email.uncc.edu
authors.forename: George J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Demakis
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D009484:Neuropsychology / Q000379:methods*