PSYC 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hemispatial Neglect, Superior Frontal Gyrus, Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy
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Removal of an infant monkey"s m1 results in a less dramatic impairment than an adult monkey. Brain injury resulting in aphasia before age 1 is associated with the best recovery; recovery diminishes as age increases. Both the location and size of the lesion matters. Those with stroke only on one side of the brain are more likely to recover than someone who has bilateral damage. Right inferior frontal cortex (ifc) signal increases after left ifc lesion, correlated with functional recovery of language. Effect of the environment - person"s situation post-injury. Constraint induced movement therapy promotes motor recovery after unilateral stroke and motor impairment: restricting the good side to force usage of the weak limb. This results in better outcomes: it is important to let the patient to try and use their impaired parts so that they would start learning to use the impaired part. You are going to get better because something has been restores (ex.
