Cross-Cultural Neuropsychological Assessment in the European Context: Embracing Maximum Cultural Diversity at Minimal Geographic Distances

This chapter provides information about cross-cultural neuropsychological assessment in the European context. The chapter briefly introduces the field of clinical neuropsychology in Europe and reviews diverse aspects of neuropsychologists' legal status and role in healthcare, education and training models, approach to neuropsychological assessment, and use of neuropsychological tests and normative data. This information lays the foundation for a review of key challenges and advances in cross-cultural neuropsychological assessment in Europe, emphasizing a need for development of cross-cultural tests and normative data, culture-sensitive training, awareness and knowledge among European neuropsychologists, and recruitment of culturally and linguistically diverse neuropsychologists into the field. The knowledge presented in this chapter introduces the field of cross-cultural neuropsychological assessment in Europe and provides a context for the community-specific chapters in the European section of this book.