Changing Brains: Applying Brain Plasticity to Advance and Recover Human Ability

Content: 
Series Page
Page ii

Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Pages v-viii

Introduction
Pages xxi-xxvi
Michael M. Merzenich, Mor Nahum, Thomas M. Van Vleet

Chapter 1 - Balancing Plasticity/Stability Across Brain Development
Pages 3-34
Anne E. Takesian, Takao K. Hensch

Chapter 2 - Brain Plasticity in the Developing Brain
Pages 35-64
Bryan Kolb, Richelle Mychasiuk, Arif Muhammad, Robbin Gibb

Chapter 3 - Cortical Plasticity, Excitatory–Inhibitory Balance, and Sensory Perception
Pages 65-90
Ioana Carcea, Robert C. Froemke

Chapter 4 - Changes in Plasticity Across the Lifespan: Cause of Disease and Target for Intervention
Pages 91-120
Lindsay Oberman, Alvaro Pascual-Leone

Chapter 5 - What does It take to Show that a Cognitive Training Procedure is Useful?: A Critical Evaluation
Pages 121-140
Nori Jacoby, Merav Ahissar

Chapter 6 - Principles of Neuroplasticity-Based Rehabilitation
Pages 141-171
Mor Nahum, Hyunkyu Lee, Michael M. Merzenich

Chapter 7 - Fast ForWord®: The Birth of the Neurocognitive Training Revolution
Pages 175-207
Paula Tallal

Chapter 8 - Music Training for the Development of Reading Skills
Pages 209-241
Adam Tierney, Nina Kraus

Chapter 9 - Mechanisms of Plasticity in the Developing and Adult Visual Cortex
Pages 243-254
Mriganka Sur, Ikue Nagakura, Naiyan Chen, Hiroki Sugihara

Chapter 10 - Brain Mechanisms of Plasticity in Response to Treatments for Core Deficits in Autism
Pages 255-272
Pamela E. Ventola, Devon Oosting, Laura C. Anderson, Kevin A. Pelphrey

Chapter 11 - Targeting Plasticity with Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Treat Neurological Disease
Pages 275-299
Seth A. Hays, Robert L. Rennaker, Michael P. Kilgard

Chapter 12 - Computerized Cognitive Training Targeting Brain Plasticity in Schizophrenia
Pages 301-326
Bruno Biagianti, Sophia Vinogradov

Chapter 13 - The Nonspatial Side of Spatial Neglect and Related Approaches to Treatment
Pages 327-349
Thomas M. Van Vleet, Joseph M. DeGutis

Chapter 14 - A Cognitive Framework for Understanding and Improving Interference Resolution in the Brain
Pages 351-377
Jyoti Mishra, Joaquin A. Anguera, David A. Ziegler, Adam Gazzaley

Chapter 15 - Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy: A Method for Harnessing Neuroplasticity to Treat Motor Disorders
Pages 379-401
Gitendra Uswatte, Edward Taub

Chapter 16 - Novelty Interventions to Enhance Broad Cognitive Abilities and Prevent Dementia: Synergistic Approaches for the Facilitation of Positive Plastic Change
Pages 403-434
Patrick Fissler, Olivia Küster, Winfried Schlee, Iris-Tatjana Kolassa

Chapter 17 - Decoding Speech for Understanding and Treating Aphasia
Pages 435-456
Brian N. Pasley, Robert T. Knight

Index
Pages 457-464

Other volumes in PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH
Pages 465-466