Changing brains : applying brain plasticity to advance and recover human ability / edited by Michael M. Merzenich, Brain Plasticity Institute at Posit Science Corporation, San Francisco, CA, USA, Mor Nahum, Brain Plasticity Institute at Posit Science Corporation, San Francisco, and Department of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, Thomas M. Van Vleet, Brain Plasticity Institute at Posit Science Corporation, and Department of Veteran Affairs, Martinez, CA, USA.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Amsterdam ; Boston ; Heidelberg ; London ; New York ; Oxford ; Paris ; San Diego ; San Francisco ; Singapore ; Sydney ; Toronto :
Elsevier,
2013.
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| Series: | Progress in brain research ;
v. 207. |
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| Format: | Book |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Brain plasticity across the lifespan. Chapter 1. Balancing plasticity/stability across brain development / Anne E. Takesian, Takao K. Hensch. Chapter 2. Brain plasticity in the developing brain / Bryan Kolb, Richelle Mychasiuk, Arif Muhammad, Robbin Gibb. Chapter 3. Cortical plasticity, excitatory-inhibitory balance, and sensory perception / Iona Carcea, Robert C. Froemke. Chapter 4. Changes in plasticity across the lifespan : cause of disease and target for intervention / Lindsay Oberman, Alvaro Pascual-Leone. Chapter 5. What does it take to show that a cognitive training procedure is useful? : a critical evaluation / Nori Jacoby, Merav Ahissar. Chapter 6. Principles of neuroplasticity-based rehabilitation / Mor Nahum, Hyunkyu Lee, Michael M. Merzenich
- Part 2. Brain plasticity-based therapies for the treatment of developmental disorders. Chapter 7. Fast ForWord® : the birth of the neurocognitive training revolution / Paula Tallal. Chapter 8. Music training for the development of reading skills / Adam Tierney, Nina Krauss. Chapter 9. Mechanisms of plasticity in the developing and adult visual cortex / Mriganka Sur, Ikue Nagakura, Naiyan Chen, Kiroki Sugihard. Chapter 10. Brain mechanisms of plasticity in response to treatments for core deficits in autism / Pamela E. Ventola, Devon Oosting, Laura C. Anderson, Kevin A. Pelphrey
- Part 3. Brain plasticity-based therapeutics for the treatment of clinical indications in the adult brain. Chapter 11. Targeting plasticity with vagus nerve stimulation to treat neurological disease / Seth A. Hays, Robert L. Rennaker, Michael P. Kilgard. Chapter 12. Computerized cognitive training targeting brain plasticity in schizophrenia / Bruno Biagianti, Sophia Vinogradov. Chapter 13. The nonspacial side of spacial neglect and related approaches to treatment / Thomas M. Van Vleet, Joseph M. DeGutis. Chapter 14. A cognitive framework for understanding and improving interference resolution in the brain / Jyoti Mishra, Joaquin A. Anguera, David A. Ziegler, Adam Gazzaley. Chapter 15. Constraint-induced movement therapy : a method for harnessing neuroplasticity to treat motor disorders / Gitendra Uswatte, Edward Taub/ Chapter 16. Novelty interventions to enhance broad cognitive abilities and prevent dementia : synergistic approaches for the facilitation of positive plastic change / Patrick Fissler, Olivia Küster, Winfried Schlee, Iris-Tatjana Kolassa. Chapter 17. Decoding speech for understanding and treating aphasia / Brian N. Pasley ; Robert T. Knight.
