Written by leading experts in the field, this invaluable text situates the practice of cognitive and behavioral rehabilitation in the latest research from neurobiology and cognitive neuroscience. Initial chapters review current findings on neuronal injury, plasticity, and recovery. The volume next examines the neurobiology of core cognitive domains--attention, memory, language, visuospatial awareness, and executive functioning--focusing on the processes underpinning both healthy and impaired functioning. Highlighting the practical applications of the research, authors describe available interventions in each domain and set forth clear recommendations for clinical practice. Also addressed are ways to understand and manage challenging behaviors, such as aggression, that may emerge in brain-injured persons. The concluding chapter provides overall strategies for helping people recover from the two most common forms of acquired neurological disability, traumatic brain injury and stroke. Table of Contents Introduction, Ponsford 1. Neuronal Organization and Change after Neuronal Injury, Kolb and Cioe 2. Mechanisms of Cortical Plasticity after Neuronal Injury, Kolb 3. Rehabilitation of Nonspatial Attention, Ponsford and Willmott 4. Disorders of Memory, Glisky 5. Rehabilitation of Language Disorders, Nadeau and Gonzalez Rothi 6. Disorders of Spatial Orientation and Awareness: Unilateral Neglect, Aimola Davies 7. Disorders of Executive Functioning and Self-Awareness, Turner and Levine 8. Disorders of Behavior, Alderman 9. Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury and Cerebrovascular Accident, Ponsford Concluding Comments, Ponsford Jennie Ponsford, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Monash University and Director of the Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre at Epworth Hospital, both in Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Ponsford has spent the past 23 years engaged in clinical work and research focusing on the assessment and rehabilitation of individuals with brain injury. She has published over 50 journal articles and book chapters on this subject, as well as one previous book. Dr. Ponsford directs the doctoral program in clinical neuropsychology at Monash University and is regularly invited to speak at international conferences. She has served on the Governing Board of the International Neuropsychological Society and as president of both the International Association for the Study of Traumatic Brain Injury and the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment, of which she is an Honorary Fellow. Currently she is a Governor of the International Brain Injury Association. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society and Brain Injury, and serves on the editorial boards of several related journals. Contributors Anne Aimola Davies, PhD, Department of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Nick Alderman, PhD, MAppSci, CPsychol, FBPsS, Kemsley Division, St Andrew's Hospital, Northampton, United Kingdom Jan Cioe, PhD, Department of Psychology, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Elizabeth L. Glisky, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Leslie J. Gonzalez Rothi, PhD, Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, FL Bryan Kolb, PhD, Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Brian Levine, PhD, Rotman Research Institute, and Departments of Psychology and Medicine (Neurology), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Stephen E. Nadeau, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine; Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center; Brain Rehabilitation Research Center; and Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center, Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, FL Jennie Ponsford, PhD, MA (Clin Neuropsych), MAPsS, Department of Psychology, Monash University, and Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre, Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Gary R. Turner, MA, Rotman Research Institute and Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Catherine Willmott, MSc (Clin Neuropsych), MAPsS, Department of Psychology, Epworth Hospital, and Department of Psychology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia |