Preface

Abstract

The field of cognitive neurorehabilitation has advanced notably in several ways since the publication, in 1999, of the first edition of Cognitive Neurorehabilitation: A Comprehensive Approach. The science has improved. This is particularly evident in the methods of treatment; in understanding the different factors that might affect successful outcome; in the expanded use of neuroimaging modalities to understand the limitations and benefits of neurorehabilitation; and in the understanding of the potential pathophysiological mechanisms in different patient groups that are key to the development of new procedures. Our overall objective in editing this new and expanded volume remains in essence the same as the first: summarize the latest developments in cognitive neuroscience research related to cognitive neurorehabilitation; review the principles that form the platform of successful interventions; and synthesize new findings about the rehabilitation of cognitive changes in different populations. Cognitive Neurorehabilitation, Second Edition: Evidence and Application provides understanding of why cognitive neurorehabilitation may or may not work; how to use different neuroimaging methods to evaluate the efficacy of interventions; what personal and external factors impact rehabilitation success; how biological and psychopharmacologic changes can be understood and treated; how to treat different disorders such as language and memory; and where the field is going in research and clinical application.o