Language and Cognitive Tests: A Target-Guided Protocol

Introduction to the special issue on cognitive neurosurgery

“…Work on children with different neurosurgical etiologies is also established, showing that neuropsychological practices have ample room in paediatric populations (Delion et al., 2020; Kaur et al., 2023; Svaldi et al., 2023). Also importantly, significant advances have been made regarding the administration of comprehensive neuropsychological assessments before and after surgery, for example, by describing the experiences of multiple centres (Piai et al., 2019; Rofes et al., 2017; Sierpowska et al., 2022) and by proposing standardized testing materials that can be safely used during surgery (Papatzalas et al., 2022; Satoer et al., 2022; Verst et al., 2022).…”