− | [[File:FMRI scan during working memory tasks.jpg|thumb|fMRI scan of the brain taken during working memory tasks, one type of neuropsychological testing.]]'''Neuropsychology''' is the scientific discipline that studies the structure and function of the [[brain]] related to more common psychological processes and overt behaviors. The term has been applied to lesion studies in humans and animals. It has also been applied to efforts to record electrical activity from individual [[cells]] (or groups of cells) in higher [[primates]] (including some studies of human patients).<ref name="Posner2000">Posner, M. I. & DiGirolamo, G. J. (2000) Cognitive Neuroscience: Origins and Promise,''Psychological Bulletin, 126:6'', 873-889.</ref> | + | [[File:FMRI scan during working memory tasks.jpg|thumb|fMRI scan of the brain taken during working memory tasks, one type of neuropsychological testing.]]'''Neuropsychology''' is the scientific study that studies the function and structure of the [[brain]] related to more common psychological processes and overt behaviors. The term has been applied to lesion studies in [[human]]s and [[animal]]s. It has also been applied to efforts to record electrical activity from individual [[cells]] (or groups of cells) in higher [[primate]]s (including some studies of human patients).<ref name="Posner2000">Posner, M. I. & DiGirolamo, G. J. (2000) Cognitive Neuroscience: Origins and Promise,''Psychological Bulletin, 126:6'', 873-889.</ref> |