Neuroplasticity in learning and rehabilitation / Gerry Leisman, Joav Merrick, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leisman, Gerry, editor.

Joav Merrick, editor.

Series:

Functional Neurology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive neuroscience.

Neuroplasticity.

Brain--Wounds and injuries--Rehabilitation.

Brain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2016.

Summary:

We possess as a cognitively aware species a high degree of function localization, but we still subscribe to the notion consistent with the model that dysfunction or damage to specific regions of the brain and nervous system may result in specific damage and deficits in behavior and function of individuals. Unfortunately, that is not enough to explain the capacity for plasticity, regeneration, spontaneous recovery, and optimization in neurological terms, and certainly not in its translation in clinical rehabilitation. Among the difficulties we face in the application of rehabilitation science in practice, the need to understand how the nervous system functions is less than understanding how it recovers from dysfunction, how we can effectively evaluate function, dysfunction and recovery, and how to provide a rational basis for making economic decisions about which method or methodology to invest. A neuroanatomical conceptualization is a not an option for rehabilitation practice. It is important to understand that what we are really attempting to achieve both in rehabilitation as well as in understanding the neurological basis of cognitive and motor improvement after trauma or stroke is not which brain area controls a given cognitive function, but how efficiently brain regions cooperate with each other and how novel connectivities may develop.

Contents:

NEUROPLASTICITY IN LEARNINGAND REHABILITATION; NEUROPLASTICITY IN LEARNING AND REHABILITATION; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: NEUROPLASTICITY IN LEARNING AND REHABILITATION; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; SECTION ONE: LEARNING AND REHABILITATION; Chapter 2: NEUROEDUCATIONAL NETWORKS; INTRODUCTION; BRAIN ANATOMY IS IRRELEVANT TO EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE AND LIKELY TO REHABILITATION AS WELL; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: PLASTICITY AND FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITIES IN REHABILITATION; INTRODUCTION

HOW MIGHT NEURAL FIRINGS LEAD TO INTEGRATION?ENRICHMENT EFFECTS RESULT FROM NEUROBEHAVIORAL PLASTICITY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: PERSISTENT PRIMITIVE REFLEXES AND CHILDHOOD NEUROBEHAVIORAL DISORDERS; INTRODUCTION; PRIMITIVE REFLEXES; FUNCTIONAL DISCONNECTION AS A RESULT OF UNDERCONNECTIVITY, DESYNCHRONIZATION, AND POOR TEMPORAL COHERENCE AND IMMATURE CORTICAL NETWORKS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: NEUROPLASTICITY OF ASYMMETRIC CORTICAL FUNCTION; INTRODUCTION; APPROACHES TO TREATMENT OF CORTICAL ASYMMETRIC FUNCTION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES

Chapter 9: CONNECTIVITY COGNITION AND PSYCHOSIS IN THE PHYSICAL BRAININTRODUCTION; THERAPY OF THE PHYSICAL BRAIN INPSYCHOSIS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA; REFERENCES; Chapter 10: AUDITORY, VISUAL, SPATIAL AESTHETIC AND ARTISTIC TRAINING FACILITATES BRAIN PLASTICITY; INTRODUCTION; PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION IN ART AND MUSIC IN THE CONTEXT OF BRAIN ORGANIZATION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY AS A NECEESARY INGREDIANT IN MUSIC PRODUCTION; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 11: THE PLASTICITY OF NEURAL NETWORK SENSORY SUBSTITUTION OBJECT SHAPE RECOGNITION; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; SECTION TWO: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 12: ABOUT THE EDITORS; Chapter 13: ABOUT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES, NAZARETH, ISRAEL; Chapter 14: ABOUT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN ISRAEL; Chapter 15: ABOUT THE BOOK SERIES"FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGY"; SECTION THREE: INDEX; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-306-1