177 books (9 pages) in this category
A Neuroscientist's Quest for Memory
by Terry McDermott
<p>An obsessive scientist and his eclectic team of researchers race to discover one of the hidden treasures of neuroscience—the physical makeup of memory—and in the process pursue a pharmaceutical wonder drug.<br /> Gary Lynch is the real ...
ISBN: 9780307379047
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eBookA Different Perspective After Brain Injury
A Tilted Point of View
by Christopher Yeoh
<p>Whilst preparing for his travel adventures into a world he had yet to explore, Christopher Yeoh was involved in a road traffic accident and experienced something few others would be "privileged" to witness. Eight days in a coma, ...
ISBN: 9781351678148
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eBookA Handbook of Neuropsychological Assessment
by John R. Crawford, Denis M. Parker & William W. McKinlay
<p>Originally published in 1992, this is a wide-ranging text concerned with the principles and practice of neuropsychological assessment in adults. It combines a flexible hypothesis testing approach to assessment with information on specialised ...
ISBN: 9780429954528
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eBookConfronting Inner Experience in Literature and Science
by Marco Caracciolo & Russell Hurlburt
<p>In an analytical yet increasingly intimate conversation, *A Passion for Specificity:*<em>Confronting Inner Experience in Literature and Science</em> investigates the differences between experience as conveyed in literature and experience as ...
ISBN: 9780814274439
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eBookby Glyn Humphreys & Jane Riddoch
<p>The case study of John has provided a unique insight into the nature of visual agnosia and more broadly into the underlying processes which support human vision. After suffering a stroke, John had problems in recognizing common objects, ...
ISBN: 9781317361121
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eBookClinical Essentials for Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Professionals
by Dong Y. Han, PsyD
<p>This is a quick, accessible reference guide to acquired brain injuries (ABI) that provides non-medical specialist professionals who work with patients in brain trauma and rehabilitation settings with easily understandable information about ...
ISBN: 9780826131379
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eBookAcquired Language Disorders in Adulthood and Childhood
Selected Works of Elaine Funnell
by Nicola Pitchford & Andrew W Ellis
<p>In the <em>World Library of Psychologists</em> series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major ...
ISBN: 9781317274315
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eBookby Derek Richter
<p>Originally published in 1980, recent research had produced new insights into how, at the biochemical level, alcohol and other drugs of abuse can impair metabolic and neuropsychiatric functions. Epidemiological studies were also demonstrating ...
ISBN: 9781315454030
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eBookExploring the Cognitive Dimension
by Gordon Foxall
<p>A striking characteristic of addictive behavior is the pursuit of immediate reward at the risk of longer-term detrimental outcomes. It is typically accompanied by the expression of a strong desire to cease from or at least control consumption
ISBN: 9781134472246
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eBookAddressing Brain Injury in Under-Resourced Settings
A Practical Guide to Community-Centred Approaches
by Ross Balchin, Rudi Coetzer, Christian Salas & others
<p>Many of the world’s population have no access to appropriate diagnostic, neurorehabilitative or support services following brain injury. <em>Addressing Brain Injury in Under-Resourced Settings: A Practical Guide to Community-Centred ...
ISBN: 9781317448341
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eBookby Juan Moises de la Serna
<p data-version='1.1'>What are the symptoms? How is it diagnosed? How many people is affected by it? Learn the latest research about the disease of Alzheimer</p> <p>Every day there are new discoveries about the disease of Alzheimer, but these ...
ISBN: 9781547508099
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eBookAmerican Neuroscience in the Twentieth Century
by Magoun, H.W.
A history of how neural, behavioural and communicative subdisciplines coalesced in neuroscience to create a promising approach to understanding the relation of mind to brain. It chronicles the expansion of prominent centres of research and the ...
ISBN: 9781482296815
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eBookAnalysis of Neurogenic Disordered Discourse Production
From Theory to Practice
by Anthony Pak Hin Kong
<p><em>Analysis of Neurogenic Disordered Discourse Production</em> provides a comprehensive review and discussion of aphasia and its related disorders, their corresponding clinical discourse symptoms that speech-language pathologists and related
ISBN: 9781317273837
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eBookby Lisa Fletcher
<p><em>Learn how to manage, cope and overcome anxiety, cure phobia and reach mindfulness mastery!</em></p> <p>We all have our moments when we are scared or afraid of the unknown. It is natural (survival) instinct for us humans to fear the ...
ISBN: 9781386535331
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eBookHistorical and Contemporary Issues
by David Howard & Frances M. Hatfield
<p>Originally published in 1987, <em>Aphasia Therapy</em> surveys the approaches to aphasia treatment from throughout the world that have been taken both in the past and in the present day. The authors critically examine the assumptions ...
ISBN: 9780429953989
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eBookApplied Clinical Neuropsychology
An Introduction
by Jan Leslie Holtz, PhD
<p><em>"Luring readers in...with meticulously woven clinical vignettes, Holtz masterfully presents the mechanics and the art of neuropsychology....students will appreciate the historical roots of neuropsychology, [and] will understand the ...
ISBN: 9780826104755
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eBookby Juan Moises de la Serna
<p>To speak of neuropsychology is to speak of one of the branches that has experienced the most growth in the past few years since it makes use of the advances of not only psychology but also those of neuroscience.<br /> The field of ...
ISBN: 9788893980722
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eBookApproaches to the Treatment of Stuttering
by Peggy Dalton
<p>In the years prior to publication ‘cures’ for stuttering seemed to appear constantly, but many were of limited value, were poorly evaluated and gave only a temporary alleviation that was not transferred to daily life. More responsible ...
ISBN: 9780429755040
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eBookAssessing Pain and Communication in Disorders of Consciousness
by Camille Chatelle & Steven Laureys
<p>Recent advances in medicine for resuscitation and care have led to an increased number of patients that survive severe brain damage but who are poorly responsive and non-communicative at the bedside. This has led to a striking need to better ...
ISBN: 9781317600626
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eBookAssessment in Speech and Language Therapy
by John R. Beech & Leonora Harding
<p>What assessment tests are available to speech therapists? How are they best used?</p> <p>Originally published in 1993, <em>Assessment in Speech and Language Therapy</em> was designed to guide speech therapists in choosing the most ...
ISBN: 9780429785122
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