Cognitive Neurorehabilitation [Hardcover]

Donald T. Stuss (Editor), Gordon Winocur (Editor), Ian H. Robertson (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 13, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0521581028 | ISBN-13: 978-0521581028 | Edition: 1

This is the first truly comprehensive survey of cognitive rehabilitation, spanning the spectrum from basic science to functional outcome. The international team of expert authors provides a critical review of theoretical and methodological issues relating to specific rehabilitation procedures and also to program organization and management. The book is based on the twin premises that basic science is the foundation of rehabilitation and that successful outcome is dependent on the specificity of the rehabilitation. In demonstrating this, the book goes beyond cognitive rehabilitation treatments to cover biological, psychological, social, and historical factors such as course of recovery, mood and motivation, family environment, education, and age. With its emphasis on scientific principles, multidisciplinary practice, and functional outcome, this book will serve as an essential resource for all scientists and clinicians concerned with cognitive deficits secondary to altered brain functioning, and particularly to psychologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, and physical therapists.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book represents a thorough and comprehensive review of the subject of neurorehabilitation, both from a basic science, as well as a clinical point of view, and should serve as an excellent starting point for neuroscientists interested in cognitive function." The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Book Description

This is the first truly comprehensive survey of cognitive rehabilitation, spanning the spectrum from basic science to functional outcome. The international team of expert authors provide a critical review of theoretical and methodological issues relating to specific rehabilitation procedures and also to programme organization and management. With its emphasis on scientific principles, multidisciplinary practice, and functional outcome, this book will serve as an essential resource for all scientists and clinicians concerned with cognitive deficits secondary to altered brain functioning, and particularly to psychologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists and physical therapists.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (November 13, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521581028
• ISBN-13: 978-0521581028
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.1 x 9.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,542,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ian Robertson: YouTube 2 minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlxCN1aCa2M

Ian Robertson (born 1951) taught mathematics in Fiji before training as a clinical psychologist in London and specializing in neuropsychology. A leading international researcher, he has written widely about how our brains are changed by experience, and his popular books Mind Sculpture and Opening the Mind's Eye brought his scientific research to a wide audience.

Recently Visiting Professor at Columbia University New York, his latest book - The Winner Effect: The Neuroscience of Success and Failure - was published in New York by St Martin's Press in October 2012. In this he shows how winning and losing shape our minds and brains more fundamentally than any drug and how our destinies depends on how we respond to success and failure.

Short Films from USA Doctors' Channel about the Winner Effect

Chemistry of the winner effect (2 mins approx)
http://www.thedoctorschannel.com/view/the-biochemistry-behind-the-winners-effect/

Can Money Be Addictive Like Cocaine (2 mins approx)
http://www.thedoctorschannel.com/view/is-money-addictive-like-cocaine/

Four steps to unleashing the winner effect (2 mins approx)
http://www.thedoctorschannel.com/view/robertson_ian-average-and-success_p2/

CBS Superbowl Sunday Morning Show interviews Ian Robertson on Winning
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57567289/the-psychology-of-winning-and-losing/