Edith Kaplan

Edith F. Kaplan (February 16, 1924 – September 3, 2009) was an American psychologist. She was a pioneer of neuropsychological tests and did most of her work at the Boston VA Hospital.[1] Kaplan is known for her promotion of clinical neuropsychology as a specialty area in psychology. She examined brain-behavioral relationships in aphasia, apraxia, developmental issues in clinical neuropsychology, as well as normal and abnormal aging. Kaplan helped develop a new method of assessing brain function with neuropsychological assessment, called "The Boston Process Approach."[2]

As a graduate student Kaplan worked with Heinz Werner, and then collaborated further with Norman Geschwind and Harold Goodglass.

  1. ^ Nancy Hebben; William Milberg (September 28, 2009). Essentials of Neuropsychological Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment). Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-43747-6.
  2. ^ Milberg WP, Hebben NA, Kaplan E (1986). "The Boston process approach to neuropsychological assessment". In Grant, Adams (eds.). Neuropsychological Assessment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders (First ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-503545-2.