Navigating Neuropsychology

Navigating Neuropsychology

Join John and Ryan as they explore the field of neuropsychology through the presentation of cutting edge scientific findings, discussion of important topic areas, and interviews with experts in a variety of relevant fields. The three main objectives of the podcast are to 1) Provide interesting, relevant, and easily-accessible information for students and professionals in neuropsychology, as well as anyone who is interested in brain-behavior relationships. 2) Begin working towards unification on important areas of debate within neuropsychology, while also encouraging the expression of diverse, creative ideas and opinions. 3) Act as an outlet for innovative ideas and breaking news in the field, to allow listeners to stay abreast of current scientific and professional developments in neuropsychology. Check out www.NavNeuro.com for more information about the show.

Episodes

October 1, 2025 98 mins

Today, we give you our discussion with Drs. Kathleen Fuchs and Tony Stringer about the Minnesota Guidelines. Kathleen and Tony have served as co-chairs of the Minnesota Update Conference Steering Committee and have been intimately involved in the process that has led to the publication of the updated training guidelines for neuropsychology. 

On July 1st, 2022, we released a conve...

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Today we’re bringing you a new type of episode on the process of clinical neuropsychological evaluations. This will be part 1 of a mini-series, called clinical insights. Here, we will be taking a deep dive into decisions and approaches that inform how we conduct patient care with respect to neuropsych assessment. Today’s specific topic is the clinical interview.

Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/175

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Today we give you our conversation with Dr. Doug Bodin on clinical supervision in neuropsychology.

Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/174

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Today we give you the second portion of our discussion with Dr. Dean Delis about the development of the D-KEFS Advanced test battery. The first part of the conversation was released on August 1st.

Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/173

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Today we give you our conversation with Dr. Dean Delis about the recently released D-KEFS Advanced test battery.

Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/172

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Today we give you a neuropsych bite with Dr. Mark Barisa on sports neuropsychology broadly, with more of a focus on how to become involved in this niche within our field.

Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/171

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Today we give you our conversation with Dr. Mark Barisa on the business of neuropsychology. There are so many important topics related to business that are not well covered in our training. For example, we frequently hear from trainees and neuropsychologists about how they wish they knew more about billing, budgeting, strategic planning, hospital pay structures, and many other related topics, which we get into ...

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Today we give you our final discussion with Dr. Andrew Kiselica regarding aspects of neuropsychological test interpretation. In this conversation, we end with some clinical pearls about integrating knowledge of psychometrics and strategies for test interpretation into our clinical practice.

Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/169

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This episode is a conversation about the complex and important relationship between physical activity and brain health. Topics covered include specific impacts of physical activity (including formal exercise) and sedentary behavior on brain health; measurement of physical activity; reduction in the risk of later life cognitive decline (including neurodegenerative diseases); findings from neuroimaging, cognitive...

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Today we give you our fourth discussion with Dr. Andrew Kiselica regarding aspects of neuropsychological test interpretation, with the current episode focusing on cognitive intraindividual variability.

Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/167

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This episode is a deep dive into the WAIS-5, including the goals of revision from WAIS-IV to WAIS-5, the theoretical foundations of the WAIS, aspects of test development for the battery, the Flynn effect, psychometric properties, norms, special group studies, critiques of the battery, and overall clinical utility.

Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/166

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This episode is a discussion about essential knowledge for the WAIS-5, including the altered composite index structure, the new subtests, changes to test administration, the purpose and utility of ancillary indices, the potential for remote administration, new normative data, and the use of digital methods of assessment with the WAIS-5.

Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/165

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Today we give you our conversation about the Boston Process Approach with Dr. Lee Ashendorf. Lee is a neuropsychologist at the University of Massachusetts. He has extensive experience with the Boston Process Approach, including mentorship from Edith Kaplan and serving as editor on a book focused on the subject.

Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/164

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Today we give you our third conversation with Dr. Andrew Kiselica regarding aspects of neuropsychological test interpretation, with the current discussion focusing on summary scores.

Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/163

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This episode is a conversation about the neuropsychology of bilingualism, with a focus on children and the developing brain. We review concepts including language acquisition during fetal and early life development, sequential versus simultaneous bilingualism, L1 versus L2, BICS and CALP, cognitive effects of bilingualism (particularly executive functions), neuroanatomy and neuroimaging, and impact of SES on la...

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Today we give you our second conversation with Dr. Andrew Kiselica regarding aspects of neuropsychological test interpretation, with the current discussion focusing on multivariate base rates.

Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/161

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Today we give you our conversation with Dr. Andrew Kiselica about neuropsychological test interpretation. Andrew is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor in the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Georgia. He recently first authored a review paper providing clinically relevant guidance regarding neuropsych test interpretation. In the paper they cover a variety of specifi...

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Last month we announced our new online board study resource, where we link specific NavNeuro episodes to chapters in the Clinical Neuropsychology Study Guide and Board Review textbook. You can find the webpage by going to navneuro.com/boardstudy. In keeping with the theme, today we will be sharing advice for how to study for the exam.  Also, check out the show notes for additional resources.

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In this episode we highlight topics such as the meaning and evolution of the term “eloquent cortex,” localized versus distributed models of brain functioning, aggressiveness versus conservatism of neurosurgeons during resections, the “onco-functional balance,” electrocorticography and stereo EEG procedures, the Wada procedure, the clinical and functional utility of brain mapping, the availability of brain mapping to people of lower...

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Today’s episode is a quick announcement about a new resource for using NavNeuro content to study for board certification in clinical neuropsychology.  We now have a web page that links specific NavNeuro episodes to chapters in the Clinical Neuropsychology Study Guide and Board Review textbook, authored by Stucky et al.  You can find it at https://www.navneuro.com/boardstudy/

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