The Cognitive and Neural Bases of Spatial Neglect
The Cognitive and Neural Bases of Spatial Neglect

Author: Hans-Otto Karnath

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 0198508336

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Spatial neglect is a disorder of space-related behaviour. It is characterized by failure to explore the side of space contralateral to a brain lesion, or to react or respond to stimuli or subjects located on this side. Research on spatial neglect and related disorders has developed rapidly in recent years. These advances have been made as a result of neuropsychological studies of patients with brain damage, behavioural studies of animal models, as well as through functional neurophysiological experiments and functional neuroimaging. The Cognitive and Neural Bases of Spatial Neglect provides an overview of this wide-ranging field of scientific endeavour, providing a cohesive synthesis of the most recent observations and results. As well as being a fascinating clinical phenomenon, the study of spatial neglect helps us to understand normal mechanisms of directing and maintaining spatial attention and is relevant to the contemporary search for the cerebral correlates of conscious experience, voluntary action and the nature of personal identity itself. The book is divided into seven sections covering the anatomical and neurophysiological bases of the disorder, frameworks of neglect, perceptual and motor factors, the relation to attention, the cognitive processes involved, and strategies for rehabilitation. Chapters have been written by a team of the leading international experts in this field. This will be essential reading for neuropsychologists, neurologists, neurophysiologists, cognitive neuroscientists and psychologists.

The Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology of Stroke
The Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology of Stroke

Author: Olivier Godefroy

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-01-18

Total Pages: 637

ISBN-13: 1139461893

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The care of stroke patients has changed dramatically. As well as improvements in the emergency care of the condition, there have been marked advances in our understanding, management and rehabilitation of residual deficits. This book is about the care of stroke patients, focusing on behavioural and cognitive problems. It provides a comprehensive review of the field covering the diagnostic value of these conditions, in the acute and later phases, their requirements in terms of treatment and management and the likelihood and significance of long-term disability. This book will appeal to all clinicians involved in the care of stroke patients, as well as to neuropsychologists, other rehabilitation therapists and research scientists investigating the underlying neuroscience.

The Cognitive Neurosciences
The Cognitive Neurosciences

Author: Michael S. Gazzaniga

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 1486

ISBN-13: 9780262072540

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The third edition of a work that defines the field of cognitive neuroscience, with extensive new material including new chapters and new contributors.

Imagery and Spatial Cognition
Imagery and Spatial Cognition

Author: Tomaso Vecchi

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9027252025

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The relationships between perception and imagery, imagery and spatial processes, memory and action: These are the main themes of this text The interest of experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience on imagery and spatial cognition is remarkably increased in the last decades. Different areas of research contribute to the clarification of the multiple cognitive processes subserving spatial perception and exploration, and to the definition of the neurophysiological mechanisms underpinning these cognitive functions. The aim of this book is to provide the reader (post-graduate students as well as experts) with a complete overview of this field of research. It illustrates the way how brain, behaviour and cognition interact in normal and pathological subjects in perceiving, representing and exploring space. (Series B).

Brain Repair After Stroke
Brain Repair After Stroke

Author: Steven C. Cramer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-10-28

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1139490656

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Increasing evidence identifies the possibility of restoring function to the damaged brain via exogenous therapies. One major target for these advances is stroke, where most patients can be left with significant disability. Treatments have the potential to improve the victim's quality of life significantly and reduce the time and expense of rehabilitation. Brain Repair After Stroke reviews the biology of spontaneous brain repair after stroke in animal models and in humans. Detailed chapters cover the many forms of therapy being explored to promote brain repair and consider clinical trial issues in this context. This book provides a summary of the neurobiology of innate and treatment-induced repair mechanisms after hypoxia and reviews the state of the art for human therapeutics in relation to promoting behavioral recovery after stroke. Essential reading for stroke physicians, neurologists, rehabilitation physicians and neuropsychologists.

Imagery and Spatial Cognition
Imagery and Spatial Cognition

Author: Tomaso Vecchi

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2006-08-22

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 9027293430

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The relationships between perception and imagery, imagery and spatial processes, memory and action: these are the main themes of this text. The interest in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience on imagery and spatial cognition has remarkably increased in the last decades. Different areas of research contribute to the clarification of the multiple cognitive processes subserving spatial perception and exploration, and to the definition of the neurophysiological mechanisms underpinning these cognitive functions. The aim of this book is to provide the reader (post-graduate students as well as experts) with a complete overview of this field of research. It illustrates how brain, behaviour and cognition interact in normal and pathological subjects in perceiving, representing and exploring space.(Series B)

Spatial Biases in Perception and Cognition
Spatial Biases in Perception and Cognition

Author: Timothy L. Hubbard

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-08-23

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1107154987

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Numerous spatial biases influence navigation, interactions, and preferences in our environment. This volume considers their influences on perception and memory.

Plasticity in Spatial Neglect - Recovery and Rehabilitation
Plasticity in Spatial Neglect - Recovery and Rehabilitation

Author: Georg Kerkhoff

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 2006-12

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9781586037000

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Animal experiments, functional imaging studies and longitudinal outcome studies suggest that injured brains can change their function and connectivity. This book provides opportunities for an interdisciplinary exchange of research ideas between basic neuroscience, applied clinical neuropsychology, neurorehabilitation and neurotechnology.

The Neuropsychology of Mental Illness
The Neuropsychology of Mental Illness

Author: Stephen J. Wood

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-10

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 0521862892

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Describes neuropsychological approaches to the investigation, description, measurement and management of a wide range of mental illnesses.

Neural Control of Space Coding and Action Production
Neural Control of Space Coding and Action Production

Author: C. Prablanc

Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing

Published: 2003-02-28

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780444509772

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Clinical neuropsychology has evolved by integrating in its field the knowledge derived from neuroanatomical, electrophysiological and psychophysical data, and has led to the development of rehabilitation tools. This volume tries to link the new concepts and discoveries in the field of sensorimotor coordination. It contains the main contributions of participants of an international symposium held in Lyon in 2001 entitled "Neural control of space coding and action production". The book emphasizes the reciprocal relationship between perception and action, and the essential role of active sensorimotor organization or reorganization in building up perceptual and motor representations of the self and of the external world.