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Taylor & Francis Ltd An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Cognitive Psychology: Processes and Disorders provides a comprehensive, yet accessible, overview of the field for undergraduate students. The fourth edition has been thoroughly revised throughout to provide a comprehensive introduction to the core topics of cognition, including memory, perception, thinking, and language. Uniquely, alongside coverage of normal cognitive function, the book also includes chapters on clinical disorders such as agnosia, amnesia, and aphasia, providing a more balanced insight into the nature of cognition and its related disorders.Key features: Completely revised and updated throughout to provide a comprehensive overview of current thinking in the field Accessibly written by experienced textbook authors and academic experts, including Michael Eysenck and Sophie Scott A new chapter on Problem Solving, written by Fernand Gobet, a leading authority in the field Trade Review Now in its fourth edition, this textbook provides a comprehensive and very accessible introduction to human cognition—from perception through attention, memory, thinking, language, and emotion. Uniquely, together with describing normal cognitive processes, it covers corresponding disorders of cognition. It is exceptionally clearly written and up to date, well suited to college and university introductory courses on cognition. Indeed, it is a great place to begin for anyone with an interest in how the mind works! — Colin M. MacLeod, PhD FRSC, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Waterlo This book offers a superbly edited overview of the basics of cognitive psychology from the different perspectives of a variety of experts. It also stands out against traditional textbooks in this area in that it provides an engaging and unique approach by including a comprehensive review of the disorders associated with each area of cognitive psychology. This is something I think students will fully appreciate and find helpful and relevant." — Steve Charlton, Douglas College and Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada In this revised 4th Edition, David Groome and his expert contributors have created a comprehensive and clearly-presented textbook. The four separate chapters on ‘disorders’ are an excellent feature of the book. — Vicki Bruce, Professor of Psychology and former Head of the School of Psychology at Newcastle University 'Now in its fourth edition, this textbook provides a comprehensive and very accessible introduction to human cognition—from perception through attention, memory, thinking, language, and emotion. Uniquely, together with describing normal cognitive processes, it covers corresponding disorders of cognition. It is exceptionally clearly written and up to date, well suited to college and university introductory courses on cognition. Indeed, it is a great place to begin for anyone with an interest in how the mind works!' Colin M. MacLeod, PhD FRSC, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo 'This book offers a superbly edited overview of the basics of cognitive psychology from the different perspectives of a variety of experts. It also stands out against traditional textbooks in this area in that it provides an engaging and unique approach by including a comprehensive review of the disorders associated with each area of cognitive psychology. This is something I think students will fully appreciate and find helpful and relevant.' Steve Charlton, Douglas College and Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada 'In this revised 4th Edition, David Groome and his expert contributors have created a comprehensive and clearly-presented textbook. The four separate chapters on ‘disorders’ are an excellent feature of the book.' Vicki Bruce, Professor of Psychology and former Head of the School of Psychology at Newcastle University Table of ContentsCh1 Introduction to cognitive psychology (David Groome) Ch2 Perception (Graham Edgar, Helen Edgar, & Graham Pike) Ch3 Attention (Graham Edgar, Helen Edgar, & Elizabeth Styles) Ch4 Disorders of perception and attention (Tom Manly & Hayley Ness) Ch5 Short-term memory (David Groome & Robin Law) Ch6 Long-term memory (David Groome & Robin Law) Ch7 Disorders of memory (David Groome) Ch8 Thinking and problem-solving (Fernand Gobet) Ch9 Disorders of thinking and problem-solving (Fernand Gobet & Nicola Brace) Ch10 Language (Sophie Scott) Ch11 Disorders of language (Sophie Scott) Ch12 Cognition and emotion (Michael Eysenck)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Clinical Neuroscience
Book SynopsisClinical Neuroscience offers a comprehensive overview of the biological bases of major psychological and psychiatric disorders, and provides foundational information regarding the anatomical and physiological principles of brain functioning. In addition, the book presents information concerning neuroplasticity, pharmacology, brain imaging, and brain stimulation techniques. Subsequent chapters address specific psychological disorders and neurodegenerative diseases, including major depressive and bipolar disorders, anxiety, schizophrenia, disorders of childhood origin, and addiction, as well as neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. This highly readable textbook expands case examples and illustrations to discuss the latest research findings in clinical neuroscience from an empirical, interdisciplinary perspective.Trade Review"With this book, Dr. Weyandt has provided us with the new ‘gold standard’ for what a clinical neuroscience textbook should be. Its breadth of coverage is impressive, but even more so is the depth of coverage it provides into each major typical area and disorder. What is most stunning is that this is a single-authored text and not the usual edited collection of short chapters spanning all these topics but with little depth, continuity, and clinical value. Dr. Weyandt manifests a striking degree and scope of knowledge in clinical neuroscience in this text that will serve professionals and students in training in this area remarkably well. This should be considered the new desk reference for this field and will reward its owner with the most essential information they may need to know about the neuroscience of clinical disorders in the realm of neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry."Russell A. Barkley, PhD, clinical professor of psychiatry, Virginia Treatment Center for Children and Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center"Clinical Neuroscience is unique in its comprehensive coverage of the basics of neurophysiology combined with state-of-the-art review of neuroscientific contributions to understanding and treating psychopathology and neurocognitive disorders. This book will have broad appeal to students, clinicians, and researchers because of its impeccable scholarship, coverage of complex topics in an understandable fashion, and its unbiased delineation of concepts directly tied to empirical data."George J. DuPaul, PhD, professor of school psychology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PATable of ContentsDedication Acknowledgments Foreword Preface 1. Neuroanatomy, Brain Development, Protection, Metabolic Needs of the Brain, and Neuroplasticity 2. Cellular Function, Neurotransmission, and Pharmacology 3. Techniques of Brain Imaging and Brain Stimulation 4. Neurocognitive Disorder Due to Dementia of Alzheimer’s Type and Parkinson’s Diseases 5. Schizophrenia 6. Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder 7. Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 8. Addiction and Substance Use Disorders 9. Disorders of Childhood Origin: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ASD, and Tourette's Disorder References Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge International Handbook of Social
Book SynopsisThe Routledge International Handbook of Social Neuroendocrinology is an authoritative reference work providing a balanced overview of current scholarship spanning the full breadth of the rapidly developing field of social neuroendocrinology. Considering the relationships between hormones, the brain, and social behavior, this collection brings together groundbreaking research in the field for the first time.Featuring 39 chapters written by leading researchers, the handbook offers impressive breadth of coverage. It begins with an overview of the history of social neuroendocrinology before discussing its methodological foundations and challenges. Other topics covered include state-of-the-art research on dominance and aggression; social affiliation; reproduction and pair bonding (e.g., sexual behavior, sexual orientation, romantic relationships); pregnancy and parenting; stress and emotion; cognition and decision making; social development; and mental and physicalTrade Review"Social neuroendocrinology is a rapidly growing scientific discipline that has revolutionized our understanding of the biological bases of all social processes. The Routledge International Handbook of Social Neuroendocrinology offers the most comprehensive and most authoritative review of this field of research to date. A must-read for all behavioral scientists." - Dario Maestripieri, The University of Chicago, USATable of ContentsList of contributorsIntroductionOliver C . Schultheiss and Pranjal H . MehtaSECTION 1 Historical and methodological issues1 History of social neuroendocrinology in humansAllan Mazur2 Hormone measurement in social neuroendocrinology : a comparison of immunoassay and mass spectrometry methodsOliver C. Schultheiss , Gelena Dlugash, and Pranjal H . Mehta3 Reproducibility in social neuroendocrinology : past, present, and futureOliver C . Schultheiss and Pranjal H. MehtaSECTION 2 Dominance and aggression4 Leveraging seasonality in male songbirds to better understand the neuroendocrine regulation of vertebrate aggression Douglas W . Wacker5 Behavioral and neuroendocrine plasticity in the form of winner and loser effectsNathaniel S Rieger, Matthew J . Fuxjager, Brian C . Trainor, Xin Zhao, and Catherine A. Marler6 The endocrinology of dominance relations in non-human primatesSean P . Coyne7 The dual-hormone approach to dominance and status-seeking Amar Sarkar, Pranjal H . Mehta, and Robert A . Josephs8 Social neuroendocrinology of human aggression : progress and future directions Justin M . Carré, Emily Jeanneault, and Nicole MarleySECTION 3 Social affiliation 9 Social endocrinology in evolutionary perspective : function and phylogeny Nicholas M . Grebe and Steven W . Gangestad10 Organizational and activational effects of progesterone on social behavior in female mammals Alicia A . Walf and Cheryl A . Frye11 The neuroendocrinological basis of human affi liation : how oxytocin coordinates affiliation-related cognition and behavior via changing underlying brain activity Bastian Schiller and Markus Heinrichs12 Oxytocin and human sociality: an interactionist perspective on the “hormone of love” Jonas P. Nitschke, Sonia A. Krol, and Jennifer A. Bartz13 Affi liative or aggressive? The role of oxytocin in antisocial behaviour through the lens of the social salience hypothesis Leehe Peled-Avron and Simone G. Shamay-TsoorySECTION 4 Pair bonding, reproduction, and parenting 14 Functional roles of gonadal hormones in human pair bonding and sexuality James R . Roney15 Organizational effects of hormones on sexual orientation Kevin A. Rosenfield , Khytam Dawood , and David A. Puts16 Hormones and close relationship processes: neuroendocrine bases of partnering and parenting Robin S. Edelstein and Kristi Chin17 The many faces of human caregiving : perspective on flexibility of the parental brain, hormonal systems, and parenting behaviors and their long-term implications for child development Eyal Abraham and Ruth Feldman18 The social neuroendocrinology of pregnancy and breastfeeding in mothers (and others) Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook and Colin Holbrook19 The neuroendocrinology of fatherhood Patty X . Kuo and Lee T . GettlerSECTION 5 Cognition and emotion 20 Sex hormonal effects on brain lateralization Markus Hausmann and D. Michael Burt21 Estrogens and androgens in the prefrontal cortex : relevance for cognition and decision-making Elizabeth Hampson22 Sex hormones and economic decision making in the lab: a review of the causal evidence Anna Dreber and Magnus Johannesson23 Emotional processing and sex hormones Malin Gingnell, Jonas Hornung, and Birgit Derntl24 Hormonal modulation of reinforcement learning and reward-related processes – a role for 17ß-estradiol, progesterone and testosterone Esther K. Diekhof, Luise Reimers, and Sarah K. C. Holtfrerich25 The impact of psychosocial stress on cognition Oliver T . Wolf26 Intra- and interindividual differences in cortisol stress responses Sandra Zänkert and Brigitte M . KudielkaSECTION 6 Developmental aspects 27 Stress and social development in adolescence in a rodent model Travis E . Hodges and Cheryl M. McCormick28 Oxytocin and vasopressin systems in the development of social behavior Elizabeth A. D . Hammock29 The social neuroendocrinology and development of executive functions Rosemarie E . Perry, Eric D . Finegood, Stephen H . Braren, and Clancy Blair30 Sensitive periods of development and the organizing actions of gonadal steroid hormones on the adolescent brain Kalynn M. Schulz and Zoey Forrester-Fronstin31 The social biopsychology of implicit motive development Martin G. Köllner, Kevin T. Janson, and Kira Bleck32 Interventions, stress during development, and psychosocial adjustment Leslie E . Roos, Kathryn G. Beauchamp, Jessica Flannery, Sarah Horn, and Philip A. Fisher33 Developmental trajectories of HPA–HPG dual-axes coupling: implications for social neuroendocrinology Ellen Zakreski, Andrew Richard Dismukes, Andrea Tountas, Jenny Mai Phan, Shannin Nicole Moody, and Elizabeth Ann ShirtcliffSECTION 7 Mental and physical health 34 Neuroendocrinological aspects of social anxiety and aggression-related disorders Dorien Enter, Moniek H. M . Hutschemaekers, and Karin Roelofs35 The social neuroendocrinology of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder Amy Lehrner and Rachel Yehuda36 Attachment and depression: is oxytocin the shared link? Allison M. Perkeybile and C. Sue Carter37 Sexual dimorphism in drug addiction: an influence of sex hormones Linda I . Perrotti, Brandon D. Butler, and Saurabh S . Kokane38 Neuroendocrine–immune interactions in health and disease Nicolas Rohleder39 The social neuroendocrinology of athletic competition David A . Edwards and Kathleen V. CastoIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Effective Learning after Acquired Brain Injury
Book SynopsisEffective Learning After Acquired Brain Injury provides clear guidance on delivering productive educational programmes for adolescents and adults with acquired brain injury (ABI). Written for the non-specialist, the book provides an accessible overview of the neuropsychological deficits resulting from ABI and the ways in which these can affect an individual's ability to learn and to benefit from educational programmes. This is the first book of its kind to focus on the adaptation of educational programmes for adults rather than children. The authors explain how to take the results of a neuropsychological assessment as a guide in order to construct a cognitive profile and to create individually tailored educational plans and rehabilitation programmes. They also describe specific strategies that can be taught or utilised, and ways in which they can be set out in a simple plan. The book includes an extensive collection of resources which can be reproduced for theTable of ContentsIntroduction Part one: The Brain and How it May be Damaged 1. Brain Anatomy and Functions 2. Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) 3. Developmental Issues Part Two: Brain Injuries and Neuropsychological Impairments 4. Physical, Sensory, Perceptual and Mood Deficits 5. Attention Deficits 6. Memory Deficits 7. Executive Function Deficits 8. Speed of Information Processing Deficits 9. Speech and Communication Deficits Part Three: Managing Neuropsychological Difficulties 10. Understanding Neuropsychological Assessments 11. Managing Behaviours 12. Some General Learning Strategies 13. Basing Cognitive Profiles on Neuropsychological Assessments 14. Individual Education Plans Part Four: Appendices Appendix A Strategies for Attention Deficits Appendix B Strategies for Memory Deficits Appendix C Strategies for Executive Function Deficits Appendix D Strategies for Speed of Information Processing Deficits Appendix E Strategies for Language and Communication Deficits Appendix F Case Studies Appendix G ABC Chart Appendix H ABCIO Chart Appendix I Sample Individual Education Plans
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Evolution of the Learning Brain
Book SynopsisHow does learning transform us biologically? What learning processes do we share with bacteria, jellyfish and monkeys? Is technology impacting on our evolution and what might the future hold for the learning brain?These are just some of the questions Paul Howard-Jones explores on a fascinating journey through 3.5 billion years of brain evolution, and discovers what it all means for how we learn today. Along the way, we discover how the E. coli in our stomachs learn to find food why a little nap can help bees find their way home the many ways that action, emotion and social interaction have shaped our ability to learn the central role of learning in our rise to top predator. An accessible writing style and numerous illustrations make Evolution of the Learning Brain an enthralling combination of biology, neuroscience and educational insight. Howard-Jones provides aTrade Review"In Evolution of the Learning Brain, Howard-Jones provides an accessible introduction to the evolution of the nervous system and brain – hoping, perhaps, to provide readers with a more accurate model of how the brain learns. Channelling the spirit of David Attenborough, he leads us through an evolutionary history of life on Earth, dropping into the timeline at various points to talk about what is happening to the brain and nervous system."— Nick Rose, TES"In short, Paul Howard-Jones has provided us with a book which is extremely readable, provides an illuminating perspective on learning and offers much food for thought. It is certainly worth reading and is likely to become ‘well-thumbed’ as time goes on and it is referred to it again and again." — Professor Derek Bell, LearnusTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Chapter 1. The Idea of Evolution Chapter 2. Origins Chapter 3. The Vertebrate Brain Chapter 4. The Social Primate Chapter 5. Homo – Social Cooperative Learners Chapter 6. Speech Chapter 7. The Arrival of Numeracy Chapter 8. The Emergence of the Written Word Chapter 9. Evolution Meets Education Chapter 10. The Future of the Learning Brain References
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Neurotechnology and Direct Brain Communication
Book SynopsisNeurotechnology and Direct Brain Communication focuses on recent neuroscientific investigations of infant brains and of patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC), both of which are at the forefront of contemporary neuroscience. The prospective use of neurotechnology to access mental states in these subjects, including neuroimaging, brain simulation, and brain computer interfaces, offers new opportunities for clinicians and researchers, but has also received specific attention from philosophical, scientific, ethical, and legal points of view. This book offers the first systematic assessment of these issues, investigating the tools neurotechnology offers to care for verbally non-communicative subjects and suggesting a multidisciplinary approach to the ethical and legal implications of ordinary and experimental practices.The book is divided into three parts: the first and second focus on the scientific and clinical implications of neurological tools for DOC patientTable of ContentsIntroduction PART I 1. The Emergence of Consciousness: From foetal to newborn life 2. Mapping Mind-Brain Development 3. Cognitive capacities of the infant mind — a neuroimaging perspective 4. Neural Infantese. Detecting pain and suffering in preverbal infants by means of neuro-technological communication PART II 5. Does task-evoked activity entail consciousness in vegetative state? “Neuronal-phenomenal inference” versus “neuronal-phenomenal dissociation” 6. Neurotechnological communication with patients with disorders of consciousness 7. Instrumental assessment of residual consciousness in DOCs PART III 8. Ethical and deontological issues in paediatric clinical studies: an analysis of documents from national and international institutions 9. Disorders of consciousness and informed consent 10. Brain-Imaging and Privacy Concerns Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Wit And Its Relation To The Unconscious
Book SynopsisThis is Volume X of twenty-eight in a collection on Psychoanalysis. Originally published in 1922, this text looks at Freud's analysis of wit, its synthesis and theories in pleasure, the comic and social processes.Table of ContentsA. ANALYSIS OF WIT I INTRODUCTIONI II THE TECHNIQUE OF WIT III. THE TENDENCIES OF WIT B. SYNTHESIS OF WIT IV. THE PLEASURE MECHANISM: AND THE PSYCHOGENESIS OF WIT V. THE MOTIVES OF WIT AND WIT AS A SoCIAL PROCESS C. THEORIES OF WIT VI. THE RELATION OF WIT TO DREAMS AND TO THE UNCONSCIOUS VII. WIT AND THE VARIOUS FORMS OF THE COMIC
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Memory
Book SynopsisMemory: Neuropsychological, Imaging and Psychopharmacological Perspectives reviews critically the impact of recent neuropsychological and biological discoveries on our understanding of human memory and its pathology. Too often, insights from clinical, neurological and psychopharmacological fields have remained isolated and mutually unintelligible. Therefore the first part of this book provides both clinicians and neuroscientists with a broad view of the neuropsychology of memory, and the psychobiological processes it involves, including recent advances from imaging technology and psychopharmacology research. In the second part the authors go on to cover a comprehensive range of memory assessments, dysfunctions, impairments and treatments. This compendium of current research findings will prove an invaluable resource for anyone studying, researching or practising in the field of memory and its disorders.Trade Review'This excellent book provides an up-to-date survey of research on memory from the perspectives of neurology, pharmacology, psychiatry, cognitive psychology and neuropsychology. It can be strongly recommended as a guide to current ideas, findings and methods in basic science and its clinical applications.' - Fergus Craik, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto'This book brings together the findings of memory research in psychology, clinical neuropsychology, clinical neurology and psychopharmacology. Integrating the different approaches very well indeed, it is a thorough and up-to-date reference work for researchers, practitioners and students training in psychological, physiological or medical research.' - John Richardson, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction. Part 1: Neuropsychology and Pharmacology of Memory. What is Memory? Neuropsychological Assessment of Memory. Neurological Assessment of Memory. Physiological and Pharmacological Assessment of Memory. Drug-Induced Memory Alteration. Part 2: Pathology of Memory. Memory Dysfunctions. Age and Memory Impairment. Memory Dysfunctions in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Memory Dysfunctions in Neurogenic Communication Disorders. Memory Dysfunctions in Psychiatric Diseases. Treatments. Discussion and Conclusion.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Addressing Brain Injury in UnderResourced
Book SynopsisMany of the world's population have no access to appropriate diagnostic, neurorehabilitative or support services following brain injury. Addressing Brain Injury in Under-Resourced Settings: A Practical Guide to Community-Centred Approaches tackles this unacceptable gap in service provision by empowering the reader to provide basic care, education and support for patients with brain injuries and their families.Written for an audience which does not necessarily have any prior knowledge of the brain, neurorehabilitation or brain injuries/pathologies, this practical guide first examines the global context of brain injury, considering the cross-cultural realities across communities worldwide. The book goes on to explore the reality of brain injury and how to work with its consequences, offering practical knowledge and advice in a user-friendly, richly illustrated format. It provides easily digestible information about the brain, including its normal functioning and the waysTrade Review"I am delighted to see a book that presents a global perspective on the understanding and management of brain injury. The emphasis on prevention and education to minimise injuries and disease in the first place is welcome, and the focus on understanding differences in culture and experience is vital. The book is full of resources at all levels of complexity to help people with little exposure to brain injury rehabilitation to find information and ideas to educate and inspire them in whatever corner of the world they inhabit." Jill Winegardner, Oliver Zangwill Centre, UK"I think this an exciting and timely proposal. It is an innovative and practical idea to present complex material that is usually the domain of specialists in a manner that makes it accessible to people without background knowledge but who are faced with dealing with people with brain injuries." Skye McDonald, School of Psychology, UNSW, Australia"The authors sound like they are trying to present important academic information in a pragmatic/ practical manner to be used by a wide audience. [Scholarship will be] outstanding… I can imagine it would appeal globally" Trevor Powell, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, UK"I think the scholarship with be excellent as the authors have good credentials both academically and in terms of their experience in under-resourced countries… a practical hands-on guide would be useful throughout the under-resourced world at the level of relatively under-educated health workers and lay volunteers and family members. A book about health policy would be useful internationally in universities for all levels of health professionals as well as those involved in health policy and programming." Jill Winegardner, Oliver Zangwill Centre, UKTable of ContentsSection 1: Under-resourced Settings: The Global Reality1: Introduction: Brain Injury in the global context2: Communities and cross-cultural realitiesSection 2: Understanding Brain Injury and Working with its consequences3: How the Brain works4: The Injured Brain: Trauma and Diseases5: How to recognise whether a patient is orientated6: How to recognise and deal with memory problems7: How to recognise and deal with language problems8: How to recognise and deal with spatial cognition problems9: How to recognise and deal with executive control problems10: How to recognise and deal with mood problems, emotional dysregulation and other psychiatric presentations11: How to recognise and deal with socio-emotional problems12: How to recognise and deal with sleep problems13: Understanding patients’ medications and medical investigationsSection 3: How to Provide Services in Under-resourced Settings14: Patients’ Needs: The continuum of care15: Emotional adjustment to brain injury: How to facilitate the process16: How to educate and train community volunteers in the basic principles of neuropsychological rehabilitation17: Transferable technology: Helpful tools18: Working with NPO’s/ NGOs, Charities and other Global Organisations19: How to initiate and develop community-based projects and programmes20: Community-based public health projects for preventing brain injury21: Sustainability and Activism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Dementia
Book SynopsisThis book explores how our conception of dementia has changed since its initial discovery, taking in advancements in knowledge that translate into better ways to manage the condition.Providing detailed reports of the latest research, the book explores the myriad forms of dementia. Written in accessible language, it looks at current methods of assessing and diagnosing the condition before turning to contemporary approaches to treatment. Chapters dedicated to often overlooked issues include raising awareness about how dementia affects the lives of those with an intellectual developmental disorder, the fundamental need to consider cultural differences, and the need to fully acknowledge and support informal carers. The final section of the text examines how COVID-19 has spotlighted serious gaps in healthcare for those living with dementia.Fortified with straightforward explanations and references to clinical material throughout, the book is essential reading not only for cTrade Review'Gary Christopher has produced a comprehensive, informative and accessible text to understand dementia and its treatment. He combines research, academic evidence and translates theory into a highly readable book, useful for a variety of disciplinary areas and which makes essential reading for professionals and anyone studying dementia and ageing.'Judith Phillips, OBE, Deputy Principal (Research) at the University of Stirling, Professor of Gerontology, and Research Director for the Healthy Ageing Challenge delivered by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).'Although research on the dementias continues to be the poor relation of medical and psychosocial research, it covers a wide range of areas, from the biological to the sociological, and is expanding continually. Gary Christopher has bravely tackled the challenge of providing a primer that covers the breadth of research and treatment and has succeeded in producing a work that is accessible to the non-specialist and personal in its tone. By offering a research-informed context, the book serves as a useful companion to the now widely available accounts written by people living with dementia, who provide an invaluable "insider" view of the condition.'Bob Woods, Professor Emeritus at Bangor University.Table of Contents1. What is dementia? 2. Is dementia part of the normal ageing process? 3. Forms of dementia 4. Assessment 5. Diagnosis 6. Treatment 7. Regulating emotions 8. Intellectual development disorder and dementia 9. The role of the carer 10. Cross-cultural issues 11. Future directions 12. Postlude
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A Reader in Visual Agnosia
Book SynopsisThe 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, faces, seeing colours, reading and finding his way around his environment. A Reader in Visual Agnosia brings together the primary scientific papers describing the detailed investigations for each visual problem which the authors carried out with John, known as patient HJA. This work was summarised initially in To See But Not To See (1987), and 26 years later in A Case Study in Visual Agnosia Revisited (2013). The chapters are divided into 6 parts corresponding to the key areas of investigation: Integrative visual agnosia Perception of global form Face perception Colour perception Word recognition Changes over timeTable of ContentsPart 1: Integrative visual agnosia 1. A case of integrative visual agnosia. (1987), Riddoch, M.J. & Humphreys, G.W. 2. The computation of occluded contours in visual agnosia: Evidence for early computation prior to shape binding and figure-ground coding. (2000), Giersch, A., Humphreys, G.W., Boucart, M. & Kovacs, I. 3. A two-stage account of computing and binding occluded and visible contours: Evidence from visual agnosia and effects of lorazepam. (2006), Giersch, A., Humphreys, G.W., Barthaud, J.C. & Landmanbn, C. 4. The necessary role of the dorsal visual route in the heterarchical coding of global visual pattern: Evidence from neuropsychological fMRI. (2014), Lestou, V., Kourtzi, Z., Humphreys, K.L., Lam, J. & Humphreys, G.W. 5. Parallel pattern processing in visual agnosia. (1992), Humphreys, G.W., Riddoch, M.J., Quinlan, P.T., Price, C.J. & Donnelly, N. Part 2: Seeing the whole 6. The computation of perceptual structure from collinearity and closure: Normality and pathology. (1992), Boucart, M. & Humphreys, G.W. 7. Ventral extra-striate cortical areas are required for optimal orientation averaging. (2007), Allen, H.A., Humphreys, G.W. & Bridge, H. 8. Interactive processes in perceptual organization: Evidence from visual agnosia. (1985), Humphreys, G.W., Riddoch, M.J. & Quinlan, P.T. 9. A tale of two agnosias: Distinctions between form and integrative agnosia. (2008), Riddoch, M.J., Humphreys, G.W., Akthar, N., Bracewell, R.M & Schofield, A.J. 10. The effects of view in depth on the identification of line drawings and silhouettes of familiar objects: Normality and pathology. (1999), Lawson, R. & Humphreys, G.W. 11. The real object advantage in agnosia: Evidence of a role for shading and depth in object recognition. (2001), Chainay, H. & Humphreys, G.W. Part 3: What’s in a face? 12. Expression is computed separately from facial identity, and it is computed separately for moving and static faces: Neuropsychological evidence. (1993), Humphreys, G.W., Donnelly, N. & Riddoch, M.J. 13. Exploring the role of motion in prosopagnosia: Recognizing, learning and matching faces. (2004), Lander, K., Humphreys, G.W. & Bruce, V. 14. Recognition impairments and face imagery. (1994), Young, A.W., Humphreys, G.W., Riddoch, M.J., Hellalwell, D.J. & de Haan, E.H.F. Part 4: Colour, movement, action! 15. Human colour discrimination based on a non-parvocellular pathway. (1996), Troscianko, T., Davidoff, J., Humphreys, G.W., Landis, T., Fahle, M., Greenlee, M., Brugger, P. & Phillips, W. 16. The neural representation of objects in space: A dual coding account. (1998), Humphreys, G.W. 17. Visual and spatial short-term memory in visual agnosia. (2003), Riddoch, M.J., Humphreys, G.W., Hardy, E., Blott, W. & Smith, A. Part 5: The written word 18. The ‘special effect’ of case mixing on word identification: Neuropsychological and TMS studies dissociating case mixing from contrast reduction. (2006), Braet, W. & Humphreys, G.W. Part 6: Living with agnosia 19. Memories are made of this: The effects of time on stored visual knowledge in a case of visual agnosia. (1999), Riddoch, M.J., Humphreys, G.W., Gannon, T., Blott, W. & Jones, V.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Compassion: Conceptualisations, Research and Use in Psychotherapy
What is compassion, how does it affect the quality of our lives and how can we develop compassion for ourselves and others?Humans are capable of extreme cruelty but also considerable compassion. Often neglected in Western psychology, this book looks at how compassion may have evolved, and is linked to various capacities such as sympathy, empathy, forgiveness and warmth. Exploring the effects of early life experiences with families and peers, this book outlines how developing compassion for self and others can be key to helping people change, recover and develop ways of living that increase well-being.Focusing on the multi-dimensional nature of compassion, international contributors: explore integrative evolutionary, social constructivist, cognitive and Buddhist approaches to compassion consider how and why cruelty can flourish when our capacities for compassion are turned off, especially in particular environments focus on how therapists bring compassion into their therapeutic relationship, and examine its healing effects describe how to help patients develop inner warmth and compassion to help alleviate psychological problems. Compassion provides detailed outlines of interventions that are of particular value to psychotherapists and counsellors interested in developing compassion as a therapeutic focus in their work. It is also of value to social scientists interested in pro-social behaviour, and those seeking links between Buddhist and Western psychology.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Obsessional Neurosis: Lacanian Perspectives
Book SynopsisDespite the important place it occupies in both Freudian and Lacanian nosology, obsessional neurosis has received far less attention than its erstwhile companion hysteria. This volume of essays aims to elaborate and deepen research into the question of obsession, going beyond the usual cliches which reduce obsession to the question 'Am I alive or dead?', and providing rigorous discussion of some of the following themes: the creation of the category of obsessional neurosis and of OCD, act and action in obsession, debt and guilt, aggression and solicitude, distinguishing the symptomology of obsessional neurosis from OCD phenomena, and clinical questions of work with obsessional subjects.Table of ContentsCONTENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTSABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORSPREFACEINTRODUCTIONA brief outline of Freud's and Lacan's conceptualisation of obsessional neurosisAstrid GessertCHAPTER ONEGuilty cognitions, faulty brains: Obsessive-compulsive disorders in the age of the condition-of-autonomy (1980–2010)Pierre-Henri CastelCHAPTER TWOLacanian Approaches to ObsessionDarian LeaderCHAPTER THREEThe signification of debt in obsessional neurosisMoustapha SafouanCHAPTER FOUR The cutting edge of desire in obsessional neurosis: Lacan with LeclaireLuca BosettiCHAPTER FIVEThe signification of mastery of the control of the orifices in anal eroticismMoustapha SafouanCHAPTER SIXThe Rat ManCharles MelmanCHAPTER SEVENThe Lacanian Structure of obsessional neurosisMichel SilvestreCHAPTER EIGHTThere is a stain on the horizon: A loop or two into obsessional neurosisVincent DachyINDEX
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Attention, Genes and ADHD
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the application of behaviour genetic approaches to twin studies, and reviews diagnostic to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the relationships between reading, spelling and ADHD, and family and genetic influences on speech and speech and language.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Introduction to the genetic analysis of attentional disorders 3. The diagnostic genetics of ADHD symptoms and subtypes 4. The developmental genetics of ADHD 5. Familial and genetic bases of speech and language disorders 6. Comorbidity of reading/spelling disability and ADHD 7. Causes of the overlap among symptoms of ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Conduct Disorder 8. Aetiology of the sex difference in the prevalence of DSM-III-R ADHD: A comparison of two models 9. Single gene studies of ADHD 10. Molecular genetics of ADHD 11. The genetic relationship between ADHD and Gilles de la Tourette syndrome 12. Implications of genetic studies of attention problems for education and intervention 13. Child psychiatry in the era following sequencing the genome
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A Cognitive Neuropsychological Approach to
Book SynopsisThis is a second edition of the highly popular volume used by clinicians and students in the assessment and intervention of aphasia. It provides both a theoretical and practical reference to cognitive neuropsychological approaches for speech-language pathologists and therapists working with people with aphasia. Having evolved from the activity of a group of clinicians working with aphasia, it interprets the theoretical literature as it relates to aphasia, identifying available assessments and published intervention studies, and draws together a complex literature for the practicing clinician. The opening section of the book outlines the cognitive neuropsychological approach, and explains how it can be applied to assessment and interpretation of language processing impairments. Part 2 describes the deficits which can arise from impairments at different stages of language processing, and also provides an accessible guide to the use of assessment tools in identifying underlying impairments. The final part of the book provides systematic summaries of therapies reported in the literature, followed by a comprehensive synopsis of the current themes and issues confronting clinicians when drawing on cognitive neuropsychological theory in planning and evaluating intervention.This new edition has been updated and expanded to include the assessment and treatment of verbs as well as nouns, presenting recently published assessments and intervention studies. It also includes a principled discussion on how to conduct robust evaluations of intervention within the clinical and research settings. The book has been written by clinicians with hands-on experience. Like its predecessor, it will remain an invaluable resource for clinicians and students of speech-language pathology and related disciplines, in working with people with aphasia.Trade Review'The first edition of this volume provided an accessible resource for students and clinicians, linking theory, research and practice. It assisted clinicians in the use of theoretically grounded assessment and to make evidence-based choices for treatment. The second edition builds on the first, updating assessment choices and treatment literature, and also by providing clear guidance on what steps need to be taken to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment, and discussing the broader context of aphasia therapy. This volume should be considered essential reading for students and an invaluable reference for clinicians.' - Lyndsey Nickels, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Australia'The 2nd edition of A Cognitive Neuropsychological Approach to Assessment and Intervention in Aphasia is unique, focusing as it does on the therapeutic application of principled clinical research findings. It is a joy to read such a coherently presented text: it’s very clearly and transparently written, with excellent examples throughout making it highly accessible to clinicians, students and teachers. This 2nd edition includes expanded sections on assessment and treatment and the relationship of cognitive neuropsychological approaches to other contemporary developments in intervention for aphasia.' - Chris Code, Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, UKTable of ContentsA Cognitive Neuropsychological approach. Identifying and characterising impairments. Introduction to assessment. Auditory comprehension of spoken words. Spoken word production. Written comprehension and reading. Written word production. Object and picture recognition. Introduction to therapy. Therapy for auditory comprehension. Therapy for word retrieval and production. Therapy for reading. Therapy for writing.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd BCoS Cognitive Screen: Examiner's Booklet (Pack
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception:
Book SynopsisThis book, first published in 1979, is about how we see: the environment around us (its surfaces, their layout, and their colors and textures); where we are in the environment; whether or not we are moving and, if we are, where we are going; what things are good for; how to do things (to thread a needle or drive an automobile); or why things look as they do.The basic assumption is that vision depends on the eye which is connected to the brain. The author suggests that natural vision depends on the eyes in the head on a body supported by the ground, the brain being only the central organ of a complete visual system. When no constraints are put on the visual system, people look around, walk up to something interesting and move around it so as to see it from all sides, and go from one vista to another. That is natural vision -- and what this book is about.Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Classic Edition by William M. Mace. Preface. Introduction. Part I: The Environment To Be Perceived.The Animal and the Environment. Medium, Substances, Surfaces. The Meaningful Environment. Part II: The Information For Visual Perception.The Relationship Between Stimulation and Stimulus Information. The Ambient Optic Array. Events and the Information for Perceiving Events. The Optical Information for Self-Perception. The Theory of Affordances. PartIII: Visual Perception.Experimental Evidence for Direct Perception: Persisting Layout. Experiments on the Perception of Motion in the World and Movement of the Self. The Discovery of the Occluding Edge and Its Implications for Perception. Looking with the Head and Eyes. Locomotion and Manipulation. The Theory of Information Pickup and Its Consequences. Part IV: Depiction. Pictures and Visual Awareness. Motion Pictures and Visual Awareness. Conclusion. Appendixes: The Principal Terms Used in Ecological Optics. The Concept of Invariants in Ecological Optics.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd New Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain
Book SynopsisNew Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury provides an evidence base for clinical practice specific to traumatic brain injury (TBI) sustained during childhood, with a focus on functional outcomes. It utilizes a biological-psychosocial conceptual framework consistent with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, which highlights that biological, psychological, and social factors all play a role in disease and children’s recovery from acquired brain injury. With its clinical perspective, it incorporates current and past research and evidence regarding advances that have occurred in outcomes, predictors, medical technology, and rehabilitation post-TBI.This book is great resource for established and new clinicians and researchers, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows who work in the field of pediatric TBI, including psychologists, neuropsychologists, pediatricians, and psychiatrists.Trade ReviewAll neuropsychologists working with brain injured children should read this book. It is helpful, informative, interesting and often fascinating. There is a wealth of information contained in its pages, including the important and rarely addressed issue of the evolution of the brain injured child into adulthood.– Barbara A. Wilson, founder of the Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Ely, United KingdomThis volume provides an essential update of advancements in understanding the outcomes, predictors, and needs of children with traumatic brain injuries. Written by key authorities in the field, it is a must-have resource for professionals who serve this special population. – H. Gerry Taylor, Ph.D., ABPP/CN, Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Psychological Sciences at Case Western Reserve University and Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USATable of Contents1. Introduction. I: Prevention, Prevalence and Mechanisms in Pediatric TBI. 2. Epidemiology of Pediatric TBI. 3. Pathophysiology of Pediatric TBI. II: Clinical Guidelines and Management, Assessment, Rehabilitation And Intervention. 4. Management and Guidelines. 5. Assessment of Pediatric TBI. 6. Rehabilitation / Intervention of Pediatric TBI. III: Evidence Base-Outcomes and Predictors Following Pediatric TBI. 7. Outcomes from Childhood To Adulthood. 8. Clinical Case Studies. 9. Translational Practices and Conclusions.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Discourse in Aphasia
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsDiscourse in aphasia: An introduction to current research and future directions /Heather Harris Wright -- AphasiaBank: Methods for studying discourse /Brian MacWhinney; Davida Fromm, Margaret Forbes, and Audrey Holland -- Discourse treatment for word retrieval impairment in aphasia: The story so far /Mary Boyle -- A comparison of drill- and communication-based treatment for aphasia /Daniel Kempler and Mira Goral -- Monologues and dialogues in aphasia: Some initial comparisons /Elizabeth Armstrong, Natalie Ciccone, Erin Godecke, and Betty Kok -- A multi-level approach to the analysis of narrative language in aphasia / Andrea Marini, Sara Andreetta, Silvana del Tin, and Sergio Carlomagno -- Personal narratives in aphasia: Coherence in the context of use /Gloria Streit Olness and Hanna K. Ulatowska -- Lexical diversity for adults with and without aphasia across discourse elicitation tasks /Gerasimos Fergadiotis and Heather Harris Wright -- “Better but no cigar”: Persons with aphasia speak about their speech /Davida Fromm, Audrey Holland, Elizabeth Armstrong, Margaret Forbes, Brian MacWhinney, Amy Risko, and Nicole Mattison.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Experience and Development: A Festschrift in
Book SynopsisThe scope of these chapters reflects the strong influence that Sandra Wood Scarr’s scholarship—her empirical research and theoretical contributions—has had on what we know about experience and development via the lens of the psychological sciences, especially the fields of developmental psychology, behavior genetics, early education and child care. Table of ContentsK. McCartney, R. Weinberg, Preface. R. Weinberg, Sandra Wood Scarr: Her Intellectual History, Professional Journey, and Legacy. J. Arnett, J.L. Tanner, Toward a Cultural-Developmental Stage Theory of the Life Course. T.J. Bouchard Jr, Strong Inference: A Strategy for Advancing Psychological Science. R. Polomin, The Nature of Nurture. E. Turkheimer, K.P. Harden, B.D’Onofrio, I.I. Gottesman, The Scarr-Rowe Interaction Between Measured Socioeconomic Status and the Heritability of Cognitive Ability. K. McCartney, D. Berry, Whether the Environment Matters More for Children in Poverty. I.D. Waldman, Contributions of African-American Samples to Contemporary Molecular Genetic Research. K. Deater-Deckard, Parenting the Genotype. J. Dunn, Social Relationships and the Development of Understanding Others. M. McGue, W.G. Iacono, Siblings and the Socialization of Adolescent Deviance: An Adoption Study Approach. H.D. Grotevant, R.G. McRoy, Growing Up Adopted: Birth Parent Contact and Developmental Outcomes. C.P. Benbow, D. Lubinski, Extending Sandra Scarr’s Ideas About Development to the Longitudinal Study of Intellectually Precocious Youth. S.W. Scarr, Epilogue.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Emotion and the Psychodynamics of the Cerebellum:
Book SynopsisThis is a book about cognition, emotion, memory, and learning. Along the way it examines exactly how implicit memory ("knowing how") and explicit memory ("knowing that") are connected with each other via the cerebellum. Since emotion is also related to memory, and most likely, one of its organising features, many fields of human endeavour have attempted to clarify its fundamental nature, including its relationship to metaphor, problem-solving, learning, and many other variables. This is an attempt to pull together the various strands relating to emotions, so that clinicians and researchers alike can identify precisely, and ultimately agree, upon what emotion is and how it contributes to the other known activities of mind and brain.Trade ReviewIt is hoped this book will help our understanding of emotion psychoanalytically, if we patiently delineate the complex picture of the human experience of emotion and integrate this with the efforts of brain scientists and psychoanalysts to understand how the mind-view of emotion and the brain-view of emotion connect. In the belief that the cerebellum plays a decisive role in emotion, this book tries to convey this newest part of the story of emotion and the cerebellum with the utmost clarity and accuracy.'More than a backup system for brain programs, the cerebellum creates shadow models of other parts of the brain, opening possibilities of its managing the interweaving of explicit and implicit memory, parsing the domains and structures of Freud's topographic and structural systems, and deciding to bring limbic emotion towards action meaning. An introductory critique of the neuropsychoanalytic movement thus far progresses in the patient and stately exposition of a master bridge builder.'- David V. Forrest, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons'As one of the pioneers of neuro-psychoanalysis, Fred Levin shows the immense importance of this new perspective in elucidating the special integrative role of the cerebellum. In its enterprise, neuroscience has mainly focused on higher cortical functions. It is time to correct the 150-year bias, and Levin does it splendidly, taking into account cognition, emotion, memory, learning and action in relation to the "psychodynamics of the cerebellum." He also encourages his readers to proceed in the exploration of knowledge, anticipating surprises in further research.'- Professor Juhani Ihanus, PhD'By focusing upon the cerebellum, Levin has connected psychoanalytic perspectives, such as the Freudian unconscious, and neuroscientific perspectives on conscious and non-conscious neural networking. Attention is given to both explicit and implicit memory systems, and the need for their integration as well. And credit is properly given to Ito Masao for his brilliant appreciation and elaborations of how the cerebellum becomes for each of us a decisive part of our emotions, our adaptive learning, and our very self.'- Professor Hans-Dieter Klein, Austrian Academy of Sciences'Levin's careful consideration of the cerebellum offers a new insight in correlating and comprehending mind and brain and its perplexing byproduct-emotion.' - Shawn Lee, Resources'The specialist who is willing to take the time and effort to unpack Levin's complex neuro-psychoanalytic thinking will be rewarded by his bold and creative work. His view of the cerebellum and emotion, if supported by further evidence, ought to have an important impact on the field.'- Charles P. Fisher, International Journal of PsychoanalysisContents 1. Sleep and Dreaming, Part 12. Sleep and Dreaming, Part 2 3. A neuro-psychoanalytic theory of emotion, Part 1 4. A neuro-psychoanalytic theory of emotion, Part 2 5. Synapses, cytokines and long-term memory network 6. Recent neuroscience discoveries, and protein pathway7. Introduction to the Cerebellum (CB)8. When might the CB be Involved inModeling the Limbic system, the SEEKING system, and other systems?9. The CB Contribution to Affect, and the Affect Contribution to the CB 10. Review, Summary, and ConclusionsTable of Contents1. Sleep and Dreaming, Part 1 2. Sleep and Dreaming, Part 2 3. A neuro-psychoanalytic theory of emotion, Part 1 4. A neuro-psychoanalytic theory of emotion, Part 2 5. Synapses, cytokines and long-term memory network 6. Recent neuroscience discoveries, and protein pathway 7. Introduction to the Cerebellum (CB) 8. When might the CB be Involved in Modeling the Limbic system, the SEEKING system, and other systems? 9. The CB Contribution to Affect, and the Affect Contribution to the CB 10. Review, Summary, and Conclusions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Who's Afraid of AAC?: The UK Guide to
Book SynopsisWho's Afraid of AAC? is a clear and concise guide to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) in the UK and will be an essential resource for all Speech and Language Therapists, educators, parents and carers supporting children with non-verbal communication.This book sets out to demystify AAC by demonstrating that you already have the skills necessary to use AAC successfully. Key features include: an overview of the different types of AAC analysis of the best available approaches tools to give you the context you need to make specific recommendations and choices thorough sections on different settings including Home, Early Years, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools so that guidance is relevant to individual needs numerous practical examples, templates and activities to help you implement AAC in all settings summaries of recent research and hot topics including eye-gaze technology, using AAC in exams, and internet safety so that you have the most up-to-date guidance at your fingertips. Created by a Speech and Language Therapist who specialises in AAC training for therapists, educators, and individuals with communication needs, as well as parents and carers, this is the only book of its kind written for a UK audience.Trade Review"This is a colourful and accessible book aimed at SLTs, educators, parents and carers. (...) The book's written content is supported with images and pictures, making it a useful resource for a wide audience." - Katherine Broomfield, SLT/HEE NIHR Clinical Research Fellow, Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust/Sheffield Hallam UniversityTable of Contents1: What is Communication? 2: Typical Language Development 3: The Diversity of the AAC Population 4: Atypical Language Development and Acquired Disorders 5: No-tech, Low-tech and Light-tech AAC 6: High-tech AAC 7: Alternative Access and Mounting 8: Why Are We Afraid of AAC? 9: Aided Language Stimulation 10: AAC Assessment 11: Starting out at Home and in the Early Years Setting 12: A New Adventure in Primary School 13: Widening Horizons at Secondary School 14: Take off into the World of University, Work and Independent Living 15: Changing Circumstances 16: Target-setting and EHCPs 17: AAC Competencies Overview
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Somatosensory Processing: From Single Neuron to
Book SynopsisThe diversity of contemporary investigative approaches included in this volume provides an exciting account of our current understanding of brain mechanisms responsible for sensory and perceptual experience in the areas of touch, kinesthesia, and pain.Postgraduate research students in sensory physiology, neurology, psychology and anatomy, and researchers themselves will find that this volume addresses many of the key issues in our attempts to understand the neural mechanisms that mediate sensory experience arising from the body as a whole, the so-called somatic senses, in particular for touch and pain. The volume provides a record of the occasion of the St Petersburg IUPS symposium, chaired by the editors of this volume, and includes some added recent contributions from other leading international figures in the field. Brought together under the sponsoring banner of the IUPS Commission for Somatosensory Physiology and Pain, these scientists with their different experimental approaches seek collectively to understand the brain mechanisms that underlie our own nature and experience.Table of Contents1. Responses of Slowly Adapting Cutaneous Mechanoreceptive Afferent Fibres to Three-Dimensional Tactile Stimuli 2. Pain Due to Nerve Injury: Role of Nerve Growth Factor 3. The Primary Nociceptive Neuron: A Nerve Cell With Many Functions 4. Evidence for the Presence of a Visceral Pain Pathway in the Dorsal Column of the Spinal Cord 5. Transmission Security Across Central Synapses for Tactile and Kinaesthetic Signals 6. Processing of Higher Order Somatosensory and Visual Information in the Intraparietal Region of the Postcentral Gyrus 7. Sensory and Motor Functions of Face Primary Somatosensory Cortex in the Primate 8. Mechanisms of Somatosensory Plasticity 9. Adaptive Properties of Local Circuits Revealed by Peripheral Denervation 10. Limits of Short-Term Plasticity in Somatosensory Cortex 11. Cortical Plasticity: Growth of New Connections Can Contribute to Reorganization 12. Lateral Interaction in Cortical Networks 13. Modulation of Somatosensory Cortical Responsiveness Following Unexpected Behavioral Outcomes 14. Somatosensory Evoked Magnetic Fields in Humans
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Cambridge University Press The Navigation of Feeling A Framework for the History of Emotions
Book SynopsisIn The Navigation of Feeling: A Framework for the History of Emotions, William M. Reddy offers a theory of emotions which both critiques and expands upon recent research in the fields of anthropology and psychology. Exploring the links between emotion and cognition, between culture and emotional expression, Reddy applies this theory of emotions to the processes of history. He demonstrates how emotions change over time, how emotions have a very important impact on the course of events, and how different social orders either facilitate or constrain emotional life. In an investigation of Revolutionary France, where sentimentalism in literature and philosophy had promised a new and unprecedented kind of emotional liberty, Reddy's theory of emotions and historical change is successfully put to the test.Trade Review'Brilliant and wonderful: this is a book of profound scholarship that will become central to the fast growing interdisciplinary interest in emotion. Reddy bridges psychology, anthropology and history to explore the fascinating idea that emotion is the process that manages the concerns that are most intimate to humankind.' Keith Oatley, University of TorontoTable of ContentsPreface; Part I. What are Emotions?: 1. Answers from cognitive psychology; 2. Answers from anthropology; 3. Emotional expression as a type of speech act; 4. Emotional liberty; Part II. Emotions in History: France 1700–1850: 5. The flowering of sentimentalism (1700–89); 6. Sentimentalism in the making of the French Revolution (1789–1815); 7. Liberal reason, romantic passions (1815–48); 8. Personal destinies: case material of the early nineteenth century; Conclusion; Appendix A: detailed review of anomalous cases from the Gazette des Tribunaux sample; Appendix B: detailed review of anomalous cases from the Tribunal Civil de Versailles sample; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Empathy and Moral Development
Book SynopsisThe main concept is empathy - one feels what is appropriate for another person's situation, not one's own. This important book is the culmination of three decades of study and research by a leading figure in the area of child and developmental psychology.Trade Review'Empathy and Moral Development is the most important book on empathy, its cultivation, and its fundamental contribution to moral development and behavior. Hoffman's use of types of moral encounter as an organizational device is inspired. In this one work, we finally have the integrative product of Hoffman's three decades of impressive contributions to the field.' John C. Gibbs, Ohio State University'Elegantly written … a useful attempt to make moral reasoning more evidence based.' Richard Ashcroft, The Lancet'For over four decades Martin Hoffman has investigated the many facets of moral development, focusing particularly on empathy. In this very important book he integrates his efforts, giving the reader a powerful account of the central role that empathy plays in moral agency. Hoffman's book will serve as a contemporary milestone for both researchers and educators in moral development.' Journal of Moral EducationTable of Contents1. Introduction and overview; 2. Empathy, its arousal and prosocial functioning; 3. Development of empathic distress; 4. Empathic anger, sympathy, guilt, feeling of injustice; 5. Guilt and moral internalization; 6. From discipline to internalization; 7. Relationship and other virtual guilts; 8. Empathy's limitations: is empathy enough? 9. Empathy and moral principles; 10. Development of empathy-based justice principles; 11. Multiple- claimant and caring-versus-justice dilemmas; 12. The universality and culture issue; 13. Implications for intervention.
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Cambridge University Press Theoretical Approaches to ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder
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Cambridge University Press Perception as Bayesian Inference
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Cambridge University Press On the Nature of Human Plasticity
Book SynopsisTo what extent are human beings capable of changing their physical characteristics and behavioural patterns over the course of their lives? This question has engaged scientists for decades: the fundamental issue is plasticity. In this wide-ranging book, Richard Lerner explores the relevant theory and empirical evidence in a variety of disciplines.Table of ContentsForeword Paul Baltes; Preface; 1. Perspectives on plasticity; 2. The life-span view of human development: philosophical, historical and substantive bases; 3. Gene making, recombinant DNA technology and gene transfer: toward true gene therapy; 4. Neuroanatomical bases of human plasticity; 5. Human neurochemistry and the role of neurotransmitters; 6. Evolutionary biology and hominid evolution; 7. Comparative-developmental psychological bases of plasticity; 8. Individual and group interdependencies; 9. Toward future multidisciplinary efforts; 10. Conclusions: on the limits of plasticity and the plasticity of limits; References; Indexes.
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Cambridge University Press Tactual Perception
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Cambridge University Press The Psychology of Visual Art Eye Brain and Art
Book SynopsisWhat can art tell us about how the brain works? And what can the brain tell us about how we perceive and create art? Humans have created visual art throughout history and its significance has been an endless source of fascination and debate. Visual art is a product of the human brain, but is art so complex and sophisticated that brain function and evolution are not relevant to our understanding? This book explores the links between visual art and the brain by examining a broad range of issues including: the impact of eye and brain disorders on artistic output; the relevance of Darwinian principles to aesthetics; and the constraints imposed by brain processes on the perception of space, motion and colour in art. Arguments and theories are presented in an accessible manner and general principles are illustrated with specific art examples, helping students to apply their knowledge to new artworks.Trade Review'A sumptuous book covering art history and linking it to a broad and deep coverage of visual neurosciences. This is a delightful, engaging text for advanced undergraduates as well as for specialists in vision and in art who want to understand the overlap of the two disciplines. It will bring both groups of readers back to favourite works of art with a new appreciation.' Patrick Cavanagh, Université Paris Descartes and Harvard University, Massachusetts'With his clear style, Mather makes difficult constructs accessible which, I believe, will stimulate a modern debate about an ancient topic. Just the book I have been waiting for!' Gabriele Jordan, Newcastle University'This book will stimulate young scientists to look at art and to apply their thinking to it. A pleasure to read.' Al Rees, Royal College of Art'… effectively merges the art and science sides of our visual experience … I recommend this book.' Amy Ione, Director, The Diatrope Institute'This is excellent material for lively discussions and much thought.' PerceptionTable of Contents1. Art through history; 2. Art and the eye; 3. Art and the brain; 4. Perceiving scenes; 5. Perceiving pictures; 6. Motion in art; 7. Colour in art; 8. Visual aesthetics and art; 9. Visual aesthetics and nature; 10. Evolution and art.
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Cambridge University Press Tactual Perception
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