Book description

Written by leading experts in the field, this invaluable text situates the practice of cognitive and behavioural 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 behaviours, 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.

About the Author

Jennie Ponsford is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Monash University and Director of the Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre at Epworth Hospital.  Associate Professor Ponsford has had broad experience in the field of traumatic brain injury.  She is the author of a book on the management of head injury Traumatic Brain Injury - Rehabilitation for Everyday Adaptive Living (1995) and serves on the editorial boards of four international journals. Associate Professor Ponsford is on the board of the International Brain Injury Association and is Past-President of the International Association for the Study of Traumatic Brain Injury. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment.

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