Originally published in 1994, the previous 15 years had seen significant advances in cognitive analysis of many neuropsychological syndromes. This book brings together a series of empirical and review papers dealing with recent attempts to apply cognitive neuropsychology to cognitive rehabilitation.
Originally published in 1994, the previous 15 years had seen significant advances in cognitive analysis of many neuropsychological syndromes. In such analyses, investigators aimed to understand cognitive deficits in terms of impairments to particular processes within a model of normal cognitive performance. In addition, evidence from cognitive impairments could be used to help constrain theories of normal performance. However, at the time cognitive neuropsychological analyses had made little penetration of clinical rehabilitation practice. This situation was beginning to change, though, as in several areas of study, clinical practitioners used cognitive models and cognitive neuropsychological analyses to guide both assessment and rehabilitation. The marrying of cognitive neuropsychology to cognitive rehabilitation offered great promise for producing a principled approach to rehabilitation, tailored to the cognitive deficits in particular patients. This book brings together a series of empirical and review papers dealing with recent attempts to apply cognitive neuropsychology to cognitive rehabilitation. The book is divided into 6 topic areas covering: Visual Object Recognition, Visual Attention, Motor Performance, Spoken Language and Phonological Skills, Written Language, and Memory. Within each topic, there is a review chapter, covering both recent advances in cognitive theory and attempts to apply this to rehabilitation, followed by empirical papers reporting on rehabilitation-related research. There are, additionally, overview chapters covering the general implications of cognitive neuropsychological research for cognitive rehabilitation, and introductions to the chapters within each topic area.
The papers present both a state-of-the-art review and an attempt to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the cognitive neuropsychological approach to cognitive rehabilitation. Papers evaluate the utility of cognitive neuropsychological analyses for both diagnosis and the design of therapy, and they also assess the use of rehabilitation research for testing theories of normal performance. The book was essential reading for all those interested in the application of cognitive neuropsychology to cognitive rehabilitation at the time. Today it can be read in its historical context.
List of Contributors. Preface. Part One: Overview
1. Cognitive
Neuropsychology and Cognitive Rehabilitation: A Marriage of Equal Partners?
M.J. Riddoch and G.W. Humphreys
2. Cognitive Neuropsychology and
Rehabilitation M. Coltheart, A. Bates and A. Castles Part Two: Visual Object
Recognition
3. Visual Object Processing in Normality and Pathology:
Implications for Rehabilitation G. W. Humphreys and M. J. Riddoch
4.
Developmental Prosopagnosia: A Functional Analysis and Implications for
Remediation Ruth Campbell and Edward De Haan
5. Rehabilitation of Semantic
Memory Impairments Giuseppe Sartori, Michelle Miozzo and Remo Job Part Three:
Visual Attention
6. Towards an Understanding of Neglect M.J. Riddoch and G.W.
Humphreys
7. On the Rehabilitation of Hemispatial Neglect Elisabetta Làdavas,
Giacomo Menghini and Carlo Umlità
8. The Rehabilitation of Attentional and
Hemi-inattentional Disorders Ian H. Robertson
9. Task Specific Effects in the
Rehabilitation of Unilateral Neglect Sheila Lennon
10. Early Ipsilateral
Orienting of Attention in Patients with Contralateral Neglect Patrizia
DErme, Guido Gainotti, Paolo Bartolomeo and Ian Robertson Part Four: Motor
Performance
11. From Motor Images to Motor Programs M. Jeannerod and J.
Decety
12. Prevention of Early Immobility in Patients with Parkinsons
Disease: A Cognitive Strategy Training for Turning in Bed and Rising from a
Chair Y.P.T. Kamsma, W. H. Brouwer and J.P.W.F. Lakke
13. Rehabilitation of a
Case of Ideomotor Apraxia Emerita Pilgrim and G. W. Humphreys Part Five:
Spoken Language and Phonological Skills
14. Cognitive Neuropsychology and
the Remediation of Disorders of Spoken Language Andrew Ellis, Sue Franklin
and Alison Crerar
15. Verb Retrieval and Sentence Construction: Effects of
Targeted Intervention Charlotte C. Mitchum and Rita Sloan Berndt
16.
Application of Cognitive Models to Remediation in Cases of Developmental
Dyslexia Philip H. K. Seymour and Frances Bunce
17. Phonological Processing
Deficits as the Basis of Developmental Dyslexia: Implications for Remediation
Linda S. Siegel
18. The Association between Reading Strategies in Poor
Readers and their Visual and Phonological Segmentation Skills Rhona S.
Johnston, Marjorie Anderson and Lynne G. Duncan Part Six: Written Language
19. Reading, Writing, and Rehabilitation: A Reckoning Karalyn Patterson
20.
Theories of Lexical Processing and Rehabilitation of Lexical Deficits Argye
E. Hillis and Alfonso Caramazza
21. Cognitive Approaches to Writing
Rehabilitation: From Single Case to Group Studies Sergio Carlomagno,
Alessandro Iavarone and Anna Colombo
22. Approaches to the Rehabilitation of
Phonological Assembly: Elaborating the Model of Nonlexical Reading Rita
Sloan Berndt and Charlotte C. Mitchum Part Seven: Memory
23. Domain-specific
Learning and Remediation of Memory Disorders Elizabeth L. Glisky, Daniel L.
Schachter and Meryl A. Butters
24. The Flexibility of Implicit Memory: An
Exploration Using Discrimination Learning Alan D. Pickering
25. Imagery as a
Mnemonic Aid in Amnesia Patients: Effects of Amnesia Subtype and Severity
Anders Gade. Author Index. Subject Index.
Glyn Humphreys was the Watts Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, UK prior to his passing in 2016. Throughout his distinguished career, Professor Humphreys made significant contributions to the understanding of cognitive impairments, particularly those arising after brain injury. Through a combination of rigorous research and clinical insight, Professor Humphreys addressed critical issues surrounding the diagnosis and management of these impairments. His efforts significantly shaped both the clinical practices used to support individuals with cognitive deficits and the theoretical frameworks underpinning the field.
Jane Riddoch was a Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK prior to her retirement in 2014. Her research focused on visual disorders such as agnosia and optic aphasia, as well as disorders of attention including neglect and extinction. She also investigated action-related conditions, notably apraxia and action disorganisation syndrome. Her commitment to neuropsychological rehabilitation was evident in her efforts to translate research findings into practical strategies for improving patient care and supporting recovery.
