Computational Modelling in Behavioural Neuroscience: Closing the Gap Between Neurophysiology and Behaviour

by Heinke; Dietmar

• ISBN13: 9781841697383
• ISBN10: 1841697389
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-04
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

Classically, behavioural neuroscience theorizes about experimental evidence in a qualitative way. However, more recently there has been an increasing development of mathematical and computational models of experimental results, and in general these models are more clearly defined and more detailed than their qualitative counter parts. These new computational models can be set up so that they are consistent with both single neuron and whole-system levels of operation, allowing physiological results to be meshed with behavioural data thus closing the gap between neurophysiology and human behaviour. There is considerable diversity between models with respect to the methodology of designing a model, the degree to which neurophysiological processes are taken into account and the way data (behavioural, electrophysiological, etc) constrains a model. This book presents examples of this diversity and in doing so represents the state-of-art in the field through a unique collection of papers from the world's leading researchers in the area of computational modelling in behavioural neuroscience. Based on talks given at the third Behavioural Brain Sciences Symposium, held at the Behavioural Brain Sciences Centre, University of Birmingham, in May 2007, the book appeals to a broad audience, from postgraduate students beginning to work in the field to experienced experimenters interested in an overview.

Table of Contents

Principles and Applications

Current Approaches to Aphasia Therapy: Principles and Applications

Social Model Philosophies and Principles: Their Applications to Therapies for Aphasia

Access to Written Information for People with Aphasia

AAC for Hypothesis Testing and Treatment of Aphasic Language Production: Lessons from a 'Processing Prosthesis'

Computer-assisted Treatment of Word Retrieval Deficits in Aphasia

Computer-mediated Tools for the Investigation and Rehabilitation of Auditory and Phonological Processing in Aphasia

Comparing the Outcomes of Intensive and Non-intensive Context-based Aphasia Treatment

How Intensive-prolonged should an Intensive-prolonged Treatment be?

Contributions and Limitations of "The Cognitive Neuropsychological Approach" to Treatment: Illustrations from Studies of Reading and Spelling Therapy

The Relationship between Treatment Outcomes and the Underlying Cognitive Deficit: Evidence from the Remediation of Acquired Dysgraphia

Therapy for Sentence Processing Problems in Aphasia: Working on Thinking for Speaking

Treating Agrammatic Aphasia within a Linguistic Framework: Treatment of Underlying Forms

Degrees of Severity and Recovery in Agrammatism: Climbing up the Syntactic Tree

Using a Computer to Communicate: Effect of Executive Function Impairments in People with Severe Aphasia

Achieving Conversational Success in Aphasia by Focusing on Nonlinguistic Cognitive Skills

A Potentially Promising New Approach

Analysing the Language Therapy Process

The Implicit Role of Learning and Memory

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