The Paradoxical BrainNarinder Kapur The Paradoxical Brain focuses on a range of phenomena in clinical and cognitive neuroscience that are counterintuitive and go against the grain of established thinking. 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 lead to a better understanding of brain function and to the introduction of new therapeutic strategies. The book will be of interest to those working at the interface of brain and behaviour, including neuropsychologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and neuroscientists. |
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Chapter 3 Paradoxical functional facilitation and recovery in neurological and psychiatric conditions | 40 |
Chapter 4 Paradoxes in neurorehabilitation | 74 |
Chapter 5 The paradoxical self | 94 |
Chapter 6 Paradoxical psychological functioning in early child development | 110 |
a positive perspective | 130 |
Chapter 8 Paradoxes of learning and memory | 151 |
two examples of paradox in neuroepidemiology | 261 |
why does disability sometimes give rise to talent? | 274 |
Chapter 16 Paradoxes in creativity and psychiatric conditions | 289 |
Chapter 17 The paradox of psychosurgery to treat mental disorders | 301 |
Chapter 18 The paradox of electroconvulsive therapy | 321 |
Chapter 19 Paradoxes of comparative cognition | 332 |
Chapter 20 Paradoxical phenomena in brain plasticity | 350 |
Chapter 21 Immature neurons in the adult brain Breaking all the rules | 365 |
why experts get it wrong | 177 |
Chapter 10 Paradoxes in Parkinsons disease and other movement disorders | 189 |
Chapter 11 Paradoxical phenomena in epilepsy | 204 |
Chapter 12 Paradoxical creativity and adjustment in neurological conditions | 221 |
Chapter 13 Paradoxical functional facilitation with noninvasive brain stimulation | 234 |
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