Cognitive rehabilitation: past, present and future
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Université de Liège, Belgium
The fast development of the field of cognitive neurosciences has led to a wealth of knowledge about the neural correlates of normal and impaired cognitive functioning. At the same time, progress has been much slower in the field of rehabilitation of impaired cognitive functions. I will show that since the pioneering work of cognitive neuropsychologists in the last 20 years of the 20th century, the field of cognitive rehabilitation has not shown significant progress beyond the theory-driven cognitive stimulation and compensation techniques developed at that time. Some recently developed cognitive neuroscience techniques may however give new impetus to the field of cognitive rehabilitation, such as neuromodulation techniques based on TMS and TDCS. I will review the still limited number of studies that have used these techniques in the context of cognitive rehabilitation and discuss their potential for the future of cognitive rehabilitation.
Keywords:
Cognitive rehabilitation,
Neuromodulation,
tDCS,
TMS,
Brain Injury
Conference:
Belgian Brain Council 2014
MODULATING THE BRAIN: FACTS, FICTION, FUTURE, Ghent, Belgium, 4 Oct - 4 Oct, 2014.
Presentation Type:
Oral Presentation
Topic:
Clinical Neuroscience
Citation:
Majerus
S
(2014). Cognitive rehabilitation: past, present and future.
Conference Abstract:
Belgian Brain Council 2014
MODULATING THE BRAIN: FACTS, FICTION, FUTURE.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2014.214.00014
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Received:
25 Jun 2014;
Published Online:
27 Jun 2014.
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Correspondence:
Dr. Steve Majerus, Université de Liège, Liege, 4000, Belgium, smajerus@ulg.ac.be