Cognitive Rehabilitation

I: Introductory Considerations.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Neuropsychological Assessment of Brain Behavior Relationships: An Introduction.- Neuropsychologic Assessment.- Conclusion.- References.- 3. Behavioral and Cognitive Deficits in Cerebrovascular Accident and Closed Head Injury: Implications for Cognitive Rehabilitation.- The Natural History of Cerebrovascular Accident.- The Natural History of Closed Head Injury.- An Introduction to Multivariate Statistics.- Past Applications of Multivariate Statistics in Neuropsychology.- Methods.- Results.- Discussion.- References.- 4. Emotional Consequences of Brain Injury.- Emotional Consequences of Head Injury.- Suggestions for Treatment.- Assessment of Emotional Consequences of Brain Injury.- Conclusions.- References.- Concluding Remarks.- II: Conceptualizing Cognitive Dysfunction.- 5. Principles of Cognitive Rehabilitation.- Principles of Neurotraining.- Conclusions.- References.- 6. A Conceptual Framework for Interventive Cognitive Neuropsychology.- References.- 7. The Relevance of Brain-Behavior Relationships for Rehabilitation.- Mechanisms of Recovery.- Environmental Influence.- The Dynamics Underlying Functional Organization.- References.- 8. Language-Cognitive Disorganization Following Closed Head Injury: A Conceptualization.- References.- 9. Cognitive Perceptual Motor Evaluation Research Findings for Adult Head Injuries.- Methodology.- Results.- Discussion.- Summary.- References.- 10. Cognitive and Neuropsychological Aspects of Affective Change Following Traumatic Brain Injury.- Neural Systems Mediating Emotional Behavior.- The Role of Cognition.- Clinical Syndromes of Cognitive-Affective Behavior Following Traumatic Brain Injury.- References.- Concluding Remarks.- III: Interventive Strategies.- 11. The Systematic Remediation of Specific Disorders: Selected Applications of Methods Derived in a Clinical Research Setting.- Treating Perceptual Disorders in Right Brain Damaged Stroke Patients.- Rehabilitation of Attentional Disorders in Traumatic Brain Injured Patients.- References.- 12. Techniques and Application of Simultaneous Information Processing.- Interventive Techniques.- Summary.- References.- 13. The Retraining of Frontal Lobe Dysfunction.- The Retaining of Cognitive Deficits Associated with Frontal Injury: A Case Example.- Does Cognitive Training Generalize?.- Typical Problems and Solutions Encountered in the Retraining of Frontal Lobe Dysfunction.- References.- 14. The Use of Electronic Games in Cognitive Rehabilitation.- Background.- Reasons for Popularity of Video Games.- Home Video Games in Rehabilitation Settings.- Recording Results of Video-Game Retraining.- Research on Video Games.- Expanding the Role of Video Games in Rehabilitation Settings.- The Future.- References.- Additional Suggested Readings.- Concluding Remarks.- Contributors.