Gianfranco Denes (Italy University of Padua)

Neural Plasticity Across the Lifespan

How the brain can change

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Produktbeschreibung

Neural Plasticity Across the Lifespan provides an integrated overview of recent research on neural plasticity - reviewing data on neural plasticity in the developing brain, and from clinical and observational research on the adult population. This uniquely concise and accessible overview of an emerging field has fundamental implications for how we perceive our potential to change throughout our lives. It will be essential reading for all students of cognitive development, cognitive neuroscience and lifespan development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 141mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781848722811
• ISBN-10: 1848722818
• Artikelnr.: 42696736

Autorenporträt

Gianfranco Denes is a Neurologist. He has been Director of the Neurological Unit at City Hospital, Venice, Italy, and taught Neuropsychology and Neurolinguistics at the Universities of Padova and Venice. His research field spanned many aspects of Cinical Neuropsychology, from language disorders (aphasia) to impairments of memory and spatial knowledge following acquired brain lesions.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Section 1: Introducing Plasticity 1. Plasticity: A Tentative
Definition 2. Neural Plasticity: General Principles Section 2: The Role of
Specific Factors on Neural Plasticity 3. The Impact of Demographic Factors
in Shaping Neural Plasticity Section 3: Specific Skills 4 Language and
Neural Plasticity 5. Memory Skills and Brain Plasticity 6. The Self and its
Brain Selected 4: The Mechanisms of Repair 7. Sensory Deprivation and
Neural Plasticity 8. Plasticity and Recovery of Brain Damage