Dodrill (1997) criticized clinical neuropsychology for making insuffic
ient progress in recent decades. He attributed the lack of progress, i
n part, to ''unquestioned acceptance of erroneous beliefs by neuropsyc
hologists,'' and six of these beliefs were outlined and rejected. Alth
ough Dodrill's overall effort to spur practitioners should be applaude
d, some of his points are debatable. We address his criticism concerni
ng inertia in the field of neuropsychology, then defend two so-called
''myths,'' namely, that we have good knowledge of the constructs that
neuropsychological tests measure, and that above-average intelligence
is associated with above-average scores on neuropsychological measures
.