The Paradoxical Brain

by Edited by Narinder Kapur , With Alvaro Pascual-Leone , Vilayanur Ramachandran , Jonathan Cole , Sergio Della Sala , Tom Manly , Andrew Mayes , Foreword by Oliver Sacks

• ISBN13: 9780521115575
• ISBN10: 0521115574
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-31
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The Paradoxical Brain focuses on the phenomenon whereby damage to the brain can actually result in enhancement of function, questioning the traditional belief that lesions or other negative effects on the brain will result in loss of function. 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 inform new rehabilitation approaches and the implementation of new therapeutic strategies. It will be of interest to those working at the interface of brain and behaviour, including neuropsychologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and neuroscientists.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Foreword Oliver Sacks

Author affiliations

Abbreviations

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 the dopamine and other neurotransmitter systems

The paradoxical brain - so what?

Index

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