The Paradoxical Brain / Edited by Narinder Kapur ; with Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Vilayanur Ramachandran, Jonathan Cole, Sergio Della Sala, Tom Manly, Andrew Mayes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kapur, Narinder, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain.

Neurophysiology.

Brain--Diseases.

Paradox.

Brain--physiology.

Brain Diseases.

Cognition.

Mental Disorders.

Neurosciences--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Brain--physiology.

Brain Diseases.

Cognition.

Mental Disorders.

Neurosciences--methods.

Physical Description:

xx, 466 pages : illustrations ; 24 centimeters

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Summary:

The Paradoxical Brain focuses on a range of phenomena in clinical and cognitive neuroscience that are counterintuitive and go against the grain of established thinking. The book covers a wide range of topics by leading researchers, including: Superior performance after brain lesions or sensory loss Return to normal function after a second brain lesion in neurological conditions Paradoxical phenomena associated with human development Examples where having one disease appears to prevent the occurrence of another disease Situations where drugs with adverse effects on brain functioning may have beneficial effects in certain situations A better understanding of these interactions will lead to a better understanding of brain function and to the introduction of new therapeutic strategies. The book will be of interest to those working at the interface of brain and behaviour, including neuropsychologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and neuroscientists --Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Foreword / Oliver Sacks

1. The paradoxical nature of nature / Narinder Kapur, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Tom Manly and Jonathan Cole

2. Paradoxical effects of sensory loss / Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Souzana Obretenova and Lotfi B. Merabet

3. Paradoxical functional facilitation and recovery in neurological and psychiatric conditions / Narinder Kapur

4. Paradoxes in neurorehabilitation / Tom Manly, Ian H. Robertson and Narinder Kapur

5. The paradoxical self / Vilayanur Ramachandran and William Hirstein

6. Paradoxical psychological functioning in early child development / David J. Lewkowicz and Asif A. Ghazanfar

7. Cognitive ageing: a positive perspective / Shira Zimerman, Lynn Hasher and David Goldstein

8. Paradoxes of learning and memory / Henry L. Roediger, III and Andrew C. Butler

9. The paradox of human expertise: why experts get it wrong / Itiel E. Dror

10. Paradoxes in Parkinson's Disease and other movement disorders / Ashwani Jha and Peter Brown

11. Paradoxical phenomena in epilepsy / Steven C. Schachter

12. Paradoxical creativity and adjustment in neurological conditions / Indre V. Viskontas and Bruce L. Miller

13. Paradoxical functional facilitation with noninvasive brain stimulation / Umer Najib and Alvaro Pascual-Leone

14. Unexpected benefits of allergies and cigarette smoking: two examples of paradox in neuroepidemiology / Judith Schwartzbaum, Linda Karavodin, Narinder Kapur and James L. Fisher

15. The paradox of autism: why does disability sometimes give rise to talent? / Simon Baron-Cohen, Emma Ashwin, Chris Ashwin, Teresa Tavassoli and Bhismadev Chakrabarti

16. Paradoxes in creativity and psychiatric conditions / Jonathan Hurlow and James H. MacCabe

17. The paradox of psychosurgery to treat mental disorders / Perminder S. Sachdev

18. The paradox of electroconvulsive therapy / Angela Merkl and Malek Bajbouj

19. Paradoxes of comparative cognition / Howard C. Hughes

20. Paradoxical phenomena in brain plasticity / Bryan Kolb and G. Campbell Teskey

21. Immature neurons in the adult brain: breaking all the rules / J. Martin Wojtowicz

22. The paradoxical hippocampus: when forgetting helps learning / Howard Eichenbaum

23. Paradoxical effects of drugs on cognitive function: the neuropsychopharmacology of dopamine and other neurotransmitter systems / Roshan Cools, Esther Aarts and Mitul A. Mehta

24. The paradoxical brain

so what? / Narinder Kapur, Tom Manly, Jonathan Cole and Alvaro Pascual-Leone.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521115575

0521115574

OCLC:

688679738