Bookedited by Michael M. Merzenich, Mor Nahum and Thomas M. Van Vleet.
Contents:
Part 1. Brain plasticity across the lifespan. Chapter 1. Balancing plasticity/stability across brain development / Anne E. Takesian, Takao K. Hensch. Chapter 2. Brain plasticity in the developing brain / Bryan Kolb, Richelle Mychasiuk, Arif Muhammad, Robbin Gibb. Chapter 3. Cortical plasticity, excitatory-inhibitory balance, and sensory perception / Iona Carcea, Robert C. Froemke. Chapter 4. Changes in plasticity across the lifespan : cause of disease and target for intervention / Lindsay Oberman, Alvaro Pascual-Leone. Chapter 5. What does it take to show that a cognitive training procedure is useful? : a critical evaluation / Nori Jacoby, Merav Ahissar. Chapter 6. Principles of neuroplasticity-based rehabilitation / Mor Nahum, Hyunkyu Lee, Michael M. Merzenich
Part 2. Brain plasticity-based therapies for the treatment of developmental disorders. Chapter 7. Fast ForWord® : the birth of the neurocognitive training revolution / Paula Tallal. Chapter 8. Music training for the development of reading skills / Adam Tierney, Nina Krauss. Chapter 9. Mechanisms of plasticity in the developing and adult visual cortex / Mriganka Sur, Ikue Nagakura, Naiyan Chen, Kiroki Sugihard. Chapter 10. Brain mechanisms of plasticity in response to treatments for core deficits in autism / Pamela E. Ventola, Devon Oosting, Laura C. Anderson, Kevin A. Pelphrey
Part 3. Brain plasticity-based therapeutics for the treatment of clinical indications in the adult brain. Chapter 11. Targeting plasticity with vagus nerve stimulation to treat neurological disease / Seth A. Hays, Robert L. Rennaker, Michael P. Kilgard. Chapter 12. Computerized cognitive training targeting brain plasticity in schizophrenia / Bruno Biagianti, Sophia Vinogradov. Chapter 13. The nonspacial side of spacial neglect and related approaches to treatment / Thomas M. Van Vleet, Joseph M. DeGutis. Chapter 14. A cognitive framework for understanding and improving interference resolution in the brain / 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 / 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 / Patrick Fissler, Olivia Küster, Winfried Schlee, Iris-Tatjana Kolassa. Chapter 17. Decoding speech for understanding and treating aphasia / Brian N. Pasley ; Robert T. Knight.