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The invisible brain injury : cognitive impairments in traumatic brain injury, stroke and other acquired brain pathologies / Aurora Lassaletta ; translated by Ruth Clarke.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lassaletta, Aurora, author.
- Series:
- After brain injury
- After brain injury: survivor stories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lassaletta, Aurora--Health.
- Lassaletta, Aurora.
- Brain--Wounds and injuries--Complications.
- Brain.
- Brain damage--Patients--Rehabilitation.
- Brain damage.
- Cognition disorders.
- Brain Injuries, Traumatic--complications.
- Brain Injuries, Traumatic--rehabilitation.
- Brain Damage, Chronic--rehabilitation.
- Cognition Disorders.
- Medical Subjects:
- Brain Injuries, Traumatic--complications.
- Brain Injuries, Traumatic--rehabilitation.
- Brain Damage, Chronic--rehabilitation.
- Cognition Disorders.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 137 pages) : illustrations (black and white.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part 1 The invisible brain injury p. 1
- 1 The invisible brain injury p. 3 / Aurora Lassaletta
- The history of the book p. 7
- Part 2 Cognitive symptoms p. 13
- 2 Cognitive symptoms related to attention p. 15 / Aurora Lassaletta and Amor Bize
- Neurological fatigue: continuous energy calculations p. 15
- Attention difficulties p. 21
- Just one intense thing a day! The saturated hard drive p. 28
- Brain sluggishness: orders take time to arrive p. 34
- 3 Cognitive symptoms related to executive functions p. 38 / Aurora Lassaletta and Amor Bize
- Need for external guidance with organisation p. 38
- Complicated decision-making p. 45
- Difficulty adapting to changes p. 48
- Impaired creativity p. 50
- 4 Cognitive symptoms related to memory p. 52 / Aurora Lassaletta and Amor Bize
- Memory difficulty: the need for "cognitive crutches" p. 52
- Slow learning curve p. 62
- Not learning from experience, nor remembering it p. 64
- 5 Cognitive symptoms related to thinking p. 66 / Aurora Lassaletta and Amor Bize
- Difficulty summarising p. 66
- Concrete thinking p. 69
- 6 Cognitive symptoms related to lack of awareness p. 72 / Aurora Lassaletta and Amor Bize
- Lack of awareness of the real situation p. 72
- Part 3 Behavioural, emotional and physical symptoms p. 77
- 7 Behavioural symptoms p. 79 / Aurora Lassaletta and Amor Bize
- Impulsivity and verbal incontinence p. 79
- Tendency to passivity p. 81
- Loss of improvisation p. 86
- 8 Emotional symptoms p. 88 / Aurora Lassaletta and Amor Bize
- Affective flattening and emotional inexpressiveness p. 88
- 9 Physical symptoms p. 93 / Aurora Lassaletta and Susana Pajares
- Body awareness and sensitivity p. 93
- Sleep disturbance and loss of satiety sensation p. 97
- Loss of balance p. 100
- Hypersensitivity to medications p. 101
- Asymmetry p. 103
- Auditory and optical hypersensitivity, diplopia, hyposalivation p. 105
- Part 4 Long-term adjustment and conclusions p. 109
- 10 Identity reconstruction p. 111 / Aurora Lassaletta and Christian Salas
- Long-term emotional adjustment following an ABI p. 111
- Awareness of deficits and integrating the new me p. 113
- Internalising compensatory tools p. 121
- 11 Concluding remarks p. 129 / Aurora Lassaletta.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780429287626
- 0429287623
- Publisher Number:
- 99983636618
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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