The paradoxical brain /
The paradoxical brain /
edited by Narinder Kapur ; with Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Vilayanur Ramachandran, Jonathan Cole, Sergio Della Sala, Tom Manly, Andrew Mayes.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (xx, 466 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Preface -- Foreword / The paradoxical nature of nature / Paradoxical effects of sensory loss / Paradoxical functional facilitation and recovery in neurological and psychiatric conditions / Paradoxes in neurorehabilitation / The paradoxical self / Paradoxical psychological functioning in early child development / Cognitive ageing: a positive perspective / Paradoxes of learning and memory / The paradox of human expertise: why experts get it wrong / Paradoxes in Parkinson's Disease and other movement disorders / Paradoxical phenomena in epilepsy / Paradoxical creativity and adjustment in neurological conditions / Paradoxical functional facilitation with noninvasive brain stimulation / Unexpected benefits of allergies and cigarette smoking: two examples of paradox in neuroepidemiology / The paradox of autism: why does disability sometimes give rise to talent? / Paradoxes in creativity and psychiatric conditions / The paradox of psychosurgery to treat mental disorders / The paradox of electroconvulsive therapy / Paradoxes of comparative cognition / Paradoxical phenomena in brain plasticity / Immature neurons in the adult brain: breaking all the rules / The paradoxical hippocampus: when forgetting helps learning / Paradoxical effects of drugs on cognitive function: the neuropsychopharmacology of dopamine and other neurotransmitter systems / The paradoxical brain -- so what? / Oliver Sacks -- Narinder Kapur, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Tom Manly and Jonathan Cole -- Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Souzana Obretenova and Lotfi B. Merabet -- Narinder Kapur -- Tom Manly, Ian H. Robertson and Narinder Kapur -- Vilayanur Ramachandran and William Hirstein -- David J. Lewkowicz and Asif A. Ghazanfar -- Shira Zimerman, Lynn Hasher and David Goldstein -- Henry L. Roediger, III and Andrew C. Butler -- Itiel E. Dror -- Ashwani Jha and Peter Brown -- Steven C. Schachter -- Indre V. Viskontas and Bruce L. Miller -- Umer Najib and Alvaro Pascual-Leone -- Judith Schwartzbaum, Linda Karavodin, Narinder Kapur and James L. Fisher -- Simon Baron-Cohen, Emma Ashwin, Chris Ashwin, Teresa Tavassoli and Bhismadev Chakrabarti -- Jonathan Hurlow and James H. MacCabe -- Perminder S. Sachdev -- Angela Merkl and Malek Bajbouj -- Howard C. Hughes -- Bryan Kolb and G. Campbell Teskey -- J. Martin Wojtowicz -- Howard Eichenbaum -- Roshan Cools, Esther Aarts and Mitul A. Mehta -- Narinder Kapur, Tom Manly, Jonathan Cole and Alvaro Pascual-Leone. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
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.
9780511978098 (ebook)
Brain.
Neurophysiology.
Brain--Diseases.
Paradox.
QP376 / .P345 2011
612.8/2
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Preface -- Foreword / The paradoxical nature of nature / Paradoxical effects of sensory loss / Paradoxical functional facilitation and recovery in neurological and psychiatric conditions / Paradoxes in neurorehabilitation / The paradoxical self / Paradoxical psychological functioning in early child development / Cognitive ageing: a positive perspective / Paradoxes of learning and memory / The paradox of human expertise: why experts get it wrong / Paradoxes in Parkinson's Disease and other movement disorders / Paradoxical phenomena in epilepsy / Paradoxical creativity and adjustment in neurological conditions / Paradoxical functional facilitation with noninvasive brain stimulation / Unexpected benefits of allergies and cigarette smoking: two examples of paradox in neuroepidemiology / The paradox of autism: why does disability sometimes give rise to talent? / Paradoxes in creativity and psychiatric conditions / The paradox of psychosurgery to treat mental disorders / The paradox of electroconvulsive therapy / Paradoxes of comparative cognition / Paradoxical phenomena in brain plasticity / Immature neurons in the adult brain: breaking all the rules / The paradoxical hippocampus: when forgetting helps learning / Paradoxical effects of drugs on cognitive function: the neuropsychopharmacology of dopamine and other neurotransmitter systems / The paradoxical brain -- so what? / Oliver Sacks -- Narinder Kapur, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Tom Manly and Jonathan Cole -- Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Souzana Obretenova and Lotfi B. Merabet -- Narinder Kapur -- Tom Manly, Ian H. Robertson and Narinder Kapur -- Vilayanur Ramachandran and William Hirstein -- David J. Lewkowicz and Asif A. Ghazanfar -- Shira Zimerman, Lynn Hasher and David Goldstein -- Henry L. Roediger, III and Andrew C. Butler -- Itiel E. Dror -- Ashwani Jha and Peter Brown -- Steven C. Schachter -- Indre V. Viskontas and Bruce L. Miller -- Umer Najib and Alvaro Pascual-Leone -- Judith Schwartzbaum, Linda Karavodin, Narinder Kapur and James L. Fisher -- Simon Baron-Cohen, Emma Ashwin, Chris Ashwin, Teresa Tavassoli and Bhismadev Chakrabarti -- Jonathan Hurlow and James H. MacCabe -- Perminder S. Sachdev -- Angela Merkl and Malek Bajbouj -- Howard C. Hughes -- Bryan Kolb and G. Campbell Teskey -- J. Martin Wojtowicz -- Howard Eichenbaum -- Roshan Cools, Esther Aarts and Mitul A. Mehta -- Narinder Kapur, Tom Manly, Jonathan Cole and Alvaro Pascual-Leone. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
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.
9780511978098 (ebook)
Brain.
Neurophysiology.
Brain--Diseases.
Paradox.
QP376 / .P345 2011
612.8/2