Maturational Windows And Adult Cortical Plasticity - Couverture rigide

Julesz, B.; Kovacs, I.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 020148367X ISBN 13 : 9780201483673

Editeur : Westview Press, 1995

Synopsis

This book is based on a workshop held at the Santa Fe Institute in May 1993, where leading neuroscientists appraised the field of brain plasticity. The aim of the workshop was to determine whether recent discoveries of cortical malleability warrant a new view of learning and memory, and rehabilitation of human infants and adults. Topics included in the volume are synaptic plasticity, critical periods in brain development, plasticity of the adult brain, developmental disabilities, and rehabilitation. Examples of plasticity are taken from subcortical structures, primary sensory cortices, and higher memory circuits of lower and higher vertebrates. These examples reveal how and when neural systems stabilize during development, and demonstrate that the mature system preserves considerable plasticity. New accounts of basic mechanisms, such as temporal input chunking, association formation via cascades of local connections, and filling in cortical regions by competitive surround activity, unify different areas if research and suggest novel techniques in rehabilitation.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book is based on a workshop held at the Santa Fe Institute in May 1993, where leading neuroscientists appraised the field of brain plasticity. The aim of the workshop was to determine whether recent discoveries of cortical malleability warrant a new view of learning and memory, and rehabilitation of human infants and adults. Topics included in the volume are synaptic plasticity, critical periods in brain development, plasticity of the adult brain, developmental disabilities, and rehabilitation. Examples of plasticity are taken from subcortical structures, primary sensory cortices, and higher memory circuits of lower and higher vertebrates. These examples reveal how and when neural systems stabilize during development, and demonstrate that the mature system preserves considerable plasticity. New accounts of basic mechanisms, such as temporal input chunking, association formation via cascades of local connections, and filling in cortical regions by competitive surround activity, unify different areas if research and suggest novel techniques in rehabilitation.

Biographie de l'auteur

Steven Zorn is author of The Classic Book of Best-Loved Bedtime Stories and other Running Press titles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Westview Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 020148367X
• ISBN 13: 9780201483673
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 284
• Éditeur: EDITOR *
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible