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Raymond S. Dean was an American psychologist and George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Neuropsychology and Professor of Psychology at Ball State University.

Early history

Dean received a B.A. (Magna cum laude) in Psychology and an M.S. in Psychological Research and Psychometrics from State University of New York at Albany. As a Paracheck-Frazier Research Fellow, Dean was awarded a Ph.D. in school/child clinical psychology in 1978 by Arizona State University. His neuropsychological internship was at the Arizona Neuropsychiatric Hospital and postdoctoral training at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Since that time, he remained an active scholar in Neuropsychology and held faculty appointments at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Washington University School of Medicine, Distinguished Visiting Faculty of the NIMH Staff College, and Ball State University. From 1985, Dean concluded that the utility of neuropsychological assessment as a tool in the diagnoses and localization of brain damage. He subsequently advocated for the need for specificity of functions measured by these tests (e.g. memory).

1980s

Since the 1980s, Dean maintained that, without a functional basis to test, the increase in scanning technology would result in decreased efficacy of neuropsychological assessment. His concerns were realized through the sophistication and geometric growth of radiological scanning techniques evidenced over the past 30 years. Prior to the early 1970s, skull x-rays were considered state of the art diagnostic tools. Advances in computer driven scanning devices, including computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, produced microscopic views of central nervous system soft tissue that was not otherwise available.

Dean's work demonstrated the importance of neuropsychological examinations in the measurement of brain activity. These measures included information about brain functioning to inform assessment on rehabilitation approaches. The neuropsychological examination method enabled clinical definition and opinion on adaptive behavior in the context of a change in pathophysiology or processes, including brain damage. Despite more definitive knowledge concerning the anatomical integrity of the brain, individual differences of subjects limits specific prediction of behavioral, cognitive and emotional expression. For example, the effect of a brain lesion on brain functioning. Dean predicted that the future of neuropsychological assessment depends on the level of continuing interest and investment in the identification and treatment of behavioral deficits in the academic and clinical settings. Dean's work confronts that of Woodcock, and Cattell. This work also addressed the work of Horn (Gf-Gc theory), later known as the Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory (CHC Theory), concerning an empirically derived theory of multiple cognitive abilities. The Dean–Woodcock Neuropsychological Model (DNM) integrated the CHC Information Processing Model and the foundations of neuropsychology measures. According to the DNM model, neuropsychological functioning represented an interaction of various cognitive, noncognitive, emotional and sensory motor functions. It followed, the Dean–Woodcock Neuropsychological Assessment Battery was based on the DNM which integrated information processing features basing neuropsychology assessment.

Later work

During his career, Dean contributed to articles, books, and tests in the field of Neuropsychology. He co-authored the Dean–Woodcock Neuropsychological Assessment System (Dean & Woodcock, 2001) and the Dean–Woodcock Neuropsychological Sensory Motor Battery. He was appointed Affiliation, Membership and Fellowship with the American Psychological Association (Divisions: Clinical, Educational, School and Clinical Neuropsychology), the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and the American Psychopathological Association.

Dean held a Diploma from the American Board of Professional Psychology and the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology. He served as Director of the Neuropsychology Laboratory at Ball State University and Director of Neuropsychology at the Indiana Neuroscience Institute, St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of both the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology and the Bulletin of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. He served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of School Psychology and edited the Journal of Head Injury. He was recognized for his accomplishments by his peers including the Lightner Witmer Award (A.P.A., Div. 16), an Outstanding Contribution Award from the National Academy of Neuropsychology, the Richard E. Snow Research Award (APA, Div. 15), the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Journal of School Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology Division of APA, the Lifetime Achievement Award in Neuropsychology (National Association of School Psychologists), and National Academy of Neuropsychology's President's Medal of Achievement. He also served as President of both the Clinical Neuropsychology Division of the APA and the National Academy of Neuropsychology.

References

1. "Raymond Dean Obituary - Muncie, IN - The Indianapolis Star". The Indianapolis Star. legacy.com. July 9, 2015. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
2. Dean, R.S. (1985). J.D. Cavenar; R. Michels; H.K.H. Brodie; A.M. Cooper; S.B. Guze; L.L. Judd; G.L. Klerman; A.J. Solnit (eds.). Neuropsychological assessment. J.B. Lippincott Company.
3. Dean, R.S. (1982, April). Invited speaker of the colloquium: Future of Neuropsychological Assessment. Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI.; Dean, R.S. (1983, June). Invited presentation of the three-day course, Measuring Neuropsychology: Diagnostic and epidemiological instruments. Staff College, National Institute of Mental Health, Leesburg, VA.
4. Dean, R.S. (1985b). Perspectives on the future of neuropsychological assessment. In B.S. Plake and J.C. Witt (Eds.), Buros-Nebraska Series on Measurement and Testing. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc.; Dean, R.S. (1985c). Foundation and rationale for neuropsychological bases of individual differences. In L.C. Hartlage & C.F. Telzrow (Eds.), The Neuropsychology of Individual Differences: A Developmental Perspective. New York: Plenumm Publishing Corp.
5. Woodcock, R. W. (1993). An information processing view of Gf-Gc theory. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment , 80–102.
6. Cattell, R. B. (1963). Theory of fluid and crystallized intelligence: A critical experiment. Journal of Educational Psychology, 54, 1–22.
7. Horn, J. L. (1965). Fluid and crystallized intelligence: A factor analytic and developmental study of the structure among primary mental abilities. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois, Champaign.
8. Carroll, J. B. (1997). The three-stratum theory of cognitive abilities. In D. P Flanagan, J. L. Genshaft, & P. L.Harrison (Eds.) Contemporary Cognitive Assessment: Theories, Tests and Issues. New York: Guilford.
9. Dean, R. S. & Woodcock, R. W. (1999). The WJ-R and Bateria-R Neuropsychological Assessment: Research report number 3. Itasca, IL: Riverside Publishing.
10. Dean, R.S. & Woodcock, R.W. (2003). The Dean–Woodcock Neuropsychological Battery. Itasca, IL: Riverside Publishing.
11. (Dean & Woodcock 2001).

• 1946 births
• 2015 deaths
• 20th-century American psychologists
• University at Albany, SUNY alumni
• Arizona State University alumni
• Ball State University faculty
• People from Troy, New York
• University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
• Washington University School of Medicine faculty
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty