Neuroplasticity and the logic of cognitive neuropsychology

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dc.citation.firstpage403
dc.citation.issueNumber8-Jul
dc.citation.journalTitleCognitive Neuropsychology
dc.citation.lastpage411
dc.citation.volumeNumber34
dc.contributor.authorFischer-Baum, Simon
dc.contributor.authorCampana, Giulia Elise
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-12T17:25:31Z
dc.date.available2019-12-12T17:25:31Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractMore than thirty years ago, Alfonso Caramazza laid out assumptions for drawing inferences about the undamaged cognitive system from individuals with brain damage. Since then, these assumptions have been challenged including the transparency or subtractivity assumption, that the cognitive system does not reorganize following brain damage. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that brains are highly plastic. However, there is no clear connection between brain plasticity and cognitive reorganization. Brain plasticity research does not require a rethinking of the core logic of cognitive neuropsychology. Differences in task-based activation between damaged and undamaged brains provide little insight into the cognitive architectures of brain-damaged patients. Theory and methods are needed to understand cognitive neuroplasticity, or how neural reorganization that follows brain damage relates to reorganization of functions. We discuss alternative types of cognitive neuroplasticity that may occur in damaged brains and consider how they impact the basic logic of cognitive neuropsychology.
dc.identifier.citationFischer-Baum, Simon and Campana, Giulia Elise. "Neuroplasticity and the logic of cognitive neuropsychology." <i>Cognitive Neuropsychology,</i> 34, no. 7-8 (2017) Taylor & Francis: 403-411. https://doi.org/10.1080/02643294.2017.1389707.
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/02643294.2017.1389707
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/107877
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Taylor & Francis
dc.subject.keywordCognitive neuroplasticity
dc.subject.keywordcognitive neuropsychology
dc.subject.keywordfunctional reorganization
dc.subject.keywordsubtractivity
dc.subject.keywordtransparency
dc.titleNeuroplasticity and the logic of cognitive neuropsychology
dc.typeJournal article
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