[Structural approach to presentation and analysis of neuropsychological information]

The paper outlines a universal scheme for presenting neuropsychological information for diagnosing, predicting, and classifying higher psychic dysfunctions by using the structural organization method involving the determination of key issues whose awareness is sufficient to make decisions. The proposed scheme has a number of benefits: neuropsychological syndromes which constitute a diagnosis form on automatic scheme completion; the scheme itself, including data and reasoning for evaluation of functions, is a base of knowledge for the expert system and may be useful in training young specialists; the specific features of information presentation allow one to successfully compare neuropsychological data with the evidence of other clinical studies.