Neuropsychology

Prof. Dr. Ivanka Asenova works in the field of neuro-psychology, special psychology and speech therapy.

Since 1997, he has been a teacher at Neofit Rilski Secondary School. He is the author of the monograph "Functional specialization of the brain in normal and speech pathology" and of over 30 scientific publications.

The book reflects the modern state of neuropsychology as a science studying the structural and functional organization of higher mental functions and their disorders as a result of focal brain damage, which is why it will be of interest to students and specialists from various scientific fields - psychology, medicine, speech therapy, etc.

Neuropsychology is a young science that is on the frontier of psychology and neurology. What she studies - the so-called higher cortical functions. They are 3 groups of functions which are called cognitive functions. They are related to the activity of the cerebral cortex. group 1: Gnosis - this is a processing of the sensory information received. The resulting sensations are subjected to a complex higher processing by which we know things. This is the complex cognitive activity of our sense sensations. group 2: It is related to our acquired complex motor programs. These skills are combined with the term praxis. group 3: It is inherent only to man. Is called language functions. A language is a system of signs - a sign system. 
Neuropsychology also deals with the violations of gnosis, praxis and language, caused by brain damage. These disorders are called agnosia (impairment of gnosis), apraxias (of praxis), apraxias (language disorders). Psychologists study and research psychological functions. Disorders provide information to understand how the healthy normal brain works normally, how it functions. A much clearer picture of psychological functioning is obtained.