What traditional neuropsychological assessment got wrong about mild traumatic brain injury. I: historical perspective, contemporary neuroimaging overview and neuropathology update

Primary Objective This is Part I of a four-part review that examines traditional neuropsychological assessment methods and techniques in mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Absence of neuropsychological findings has been used to argue no residual neuropathological effects from mTBI. However, given the current potential that advanced multimodality and quantitative neuroimaging can now demonstrate about underlying neurobiology of brain-behavior relations, this review shows that traditional neuropsychological test as standalone findings cannot directly address the underlying complexities of detecting mTBI neuropathology.