PSYC 3220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Ischemia, Lobectomy, Temporal Lobe
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The subtlety of complex partial seizures: two cases. Parkinson s disease, huntington s disease, multiple sclerosis, alzheimer s disease. Neuroplastic responses to nervous system damage: degeneration, regeneration, Neuroplasticity and the treatment of nervous system damage. Promoting recovery from cns damage by promoting regeneration. The case of roberto garcia d orta: the lizard gets an autotransplant. Promoting recovery from cns damage by rehabilitative training. The cases of tom and philip: phantom limbs and ramachandran. The case of h. m. , the man who changed the study of memory. Formal assessment of h. m. s anterograde amnesia: discovery of unconscious memories. Three major scientific contributions of h. m. s case. The case of k. c. , the man who can t time travel. The case of the clever neuropsychologist: spotting episodic memory deficits. Effects of cerebral ischemia on the hippocampus and memory. The case of r. b. , product of a bungled operation.
