SCHOOL: SPS MODULE TITLE: Neuropsychology MODULE LEADER: David Groome MODULE CODE: 1PSY318 LEVEL: 3 CREDIT VALUE AND STATUS: 15/Elective PREREQUISITES: Cognitive Psychology CO-REQUISITES: None RESTRICTIONS: None ASSESSMENT WEIGHTING: 20.20.10.00.00:25.25 WAS 20.20.10.00.00:50 Friday, 29 July 1994 : 17.27 0318 : NEURO3.3 :22.12.93 : 14.33 Aims:- To provide students with an understanding of the relationship between cognition and cortical function, using the effects of cortical lesions as an indicator of brain organisation and localisation of function. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this module, the student should be able to: 1 demonstrate a knowledge of the pattern of cognitive impairment associated with the more commonly occurring cortical lesions; 2 understand the way in which the effects of cortical lesions may provide an insight into the mechanisms and localisation of cognitive function.; 3 show a knowledge of the techniques used in the detection and diagnosis of cortical dysfunction. Course and pattern of deterioration. 4 Agnosias Visual processing impairments and agnosias, including prosopagnosia, visual neglect, blindsight. Lateral dominance, handedness, effects of split brain. Assessment: Examination: 50% of total mark; coursework: 50% to comprise an essay (20%), a practical report (20%), a seminar paper (10%).

this monograph provides incisive, insightful, broad but focussed epistemologic discussions of issues that investigators of children's cognition, language, social ability, and other behaviors, and their relation to underlying brain maturation, ignore at their own peril. This Special Issue focuses on a more contemporary view of the effects of acquired brain dysfunction on children as well as providing specific guidelines that might be relevant to their education and rehabilitation. With the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1976, specific attention was directed to studying children with a variety of neurodevelopmental handicaps. Because advances in medical care have brought about a dramatic increase in the survival of children whose conditions or treatments have a potentially adverse impact on the developing brain, there is an ever-growing need for the careful assessment of the extent, pattern and developmental significance of possible neuropsychological sequelae in these children. Recent work on the neurological substrates of emotion promises to make a significant contribution to general theoretical issues concerning emotion. In a key-note paper for this volume, Klaus Scherer identifies these as including the interaction between cognition and emotion, the nature of the evaluative criteria employed in appraisal processes involved in emotion, whether these appraisal processes are organised sequentially or in parallel, and how far there is a differential patterning of discrete emotions.

Continental Breakfast and Registration 8:40-10:00 am Clinical Applications of Computer Technology Computer Modeling Design and Use of Browsers Registration 10:00-10:15 am Morning Break Registration 10:15-11:55 am Construction and Maintenance of Web Sites AI and Statistical Applications Internet Experiments: Issues and Techniques Registration 11:55 am-1:00 pm 10:15-11:35 am {Return to Schedule} 10:15 am Use of HyperCard to create pages on the World-Wide Web William C. Schmidt, , John MacDonald, & Ron Hoffman, Dalhousie University e-mail: wcs@is.dal.ca Although many researchers wishing to use the World-Wide Web for academic purposes purchase Internet access services, they should be aware that it is inexpensive and easy to administer their own site. 10:15-11:55 am {Return to Schedule} 10:15 am Neural Network Simulations Using Mathematica Sean C. Duncan, & Ryan D. Tweney, Bowling Green State University e-mail: seand@bgnet.bgsu.edu Several neural networks were developed in the Mathematica programming environment in order to test the results of Kim and Myung (1995), which claimed that the addition of temporal summation to a neural network facilitated a semantic priming effect. 10:15-11:55 am {Return to Schedule} 10:15 am A Web-page for administration of psychology and social science experiments

Vascular (formerly arteriosclerotic) dementia, which includes multi-infarct dementia, is distinguished from dementia in Alzheimer's disease by its history of onset, clinical features, and subsequent course. The dementia may also follow a succession of acute cerebrovascular accidents or, less commonly, a single major stroke. The dementia is usually the result of infarction of the brain due to vascular diseases, including hypertensive cerebrovascular disease. Personality is believed to be relatively well preserved, but personality changes may be evident in a proportion of cases with apathy, disinhibition, or accentuation of previous traits such as egocentricity, paranoid attitudes, or irritability. Consider: delirium (F05.-); other dementia, particularly in Alzheimer's disease (F00.-); mood [affective] disorders (F30-F39); mild or moderate mental retardation (F70-F71); subdural haemorrhage (traumatic (S06.5), nontraumatic (I62.0)). Vascular dementia may coexist with dementia in Alzheimer's disease (to be coded F00.2), as when evidence of a vascular episode is superimposed on a clinical picture and history suggesting Alzheimer's disease.

 CORTICAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT Cortical visual impairment (CVI) is a temporary or permanent visual impairment caused by the disturbance of the visual cortex or posterior visual pathways of the brain. For example, when having a bath a child could experience the sensations of: different soap smells different bubble baths or bath oils sound of running water warm and cool water smooth flannel/scratchy Ioofah/sponge movement in water being touched when adult is washing them watching rubber duck or other bath toys moving having water poured over body/head being dried with warm towel The following suggestions for sensory experiences have been grouped under the headings of the specific primary senses. VISION shiny materials - paper/mirrors/wrapping paper/Christmas decorations/beads coloured lights - torches/fibre optics/cellophane covers/fairy lights light box black and white - books/rattles/socks/mobiles fluorescent materials bright colours and strong contrast toys that move to encourage tracking HEARING/SOUND try to provide a variety of pitches, tones, rhythms, music AND silence clocks; metronomes,whistles; bird warbles paper sounds - cellophane/crinkly paper/biscuit or chocolate box wrappings/greaseproof paper/newspaper blowing sounds - balloons / straws / empty bottle / bubble pipe / squeakers musical instruments:- drums / shakers / chime bars / glockenspiel / piano / flute / trumpet / organ / electronic keyboard / cymbals / triangle water sounds - tap in kitchen sink / bath / washing machine / pouring environmental sounds - cars / wind / dog barking / bird singing / footsteps/doors opening and closing music - nursery rhymes / action songs / classical / relaxation/opera/folk/ choral SMELL to identify person - perfume / soap / deodorant / powder / shampoo to identify rooms - pot pourri / cleaner (eg. vanilla scent on rattle shops - Cookie Man / butchers / bakery / hairdressers / florist / fruit'n'veg/ hospital and doctor's surgery plants and herbs (dried herbs) aromatherapy - relaxing and reviving - burning essential oils / massage bath oils / bubble bath/shampoos / soaps strong smells - eg. Vicks / pepper / spices TASTE Linked with sense of smell Consider different textures, consistencies and temperature Drinks - tea / coffee / milo, Ecco, juices, shakes, fizzy drinks soups / dips ice cream / ice blocks yoghurt Jams / honey/spreads (vegemite, peanut butter, nutella) preserves - pickles / mustard, spices sauces - eg. chocolate / peppermint TOUCH rough / smooth; soft / hard; wet/dry; warm / cold; sticky / messy / vibration breeze - through door or window / car window / on walk / on top of hill / at beach warm / cold air from hair dryer / heater / fan outside - leaves / bark / bricks / grass/concrete / gravel / rocks / fenches - wooden, metal / rocks / sand / snow / pine cones / shells / sunshine and shade / water touch from other people: massage / bath / changing positions everyday objects: cotton wool / wool / sheepskin / feather duster / string / door mat / bath mat / brushes / ice pack / hot water bottle / rubber gloves / rubber soap holder / scouring pad / mop head / sponges / beads messy play: hands / feet / whole body with shaving cream / dough / pasta / cornflakes / wet sand / finger paint / slime / flour and water paste / bath gels / jelly / salt / lentils / rice / chick peas different textured fabrics: silk / velvet / cotton / satin / wool / corduroy / fur vibration: battery-operated toothbrush / facial massager / car vacuum cleaner / washing machine / clothes dryer / vibrating cushion MOVEMENT / PROPRIOCEPTION / KINAESTHESIA / VESTIBULAR swings; hammocks swinging or rolling in blanket / sheet / sheepskin / towel / satin sheets slippery dips; sliding down hill; rolling down hill seesaw; roundabouts; merry-go-round on trampoline; water bed; large inflatable balls; inner tubes moving to music - action songs or free expression horse riding; riding bikes in swimming pool- being held; lilo in car - roundabouts; steep hills Home - News - Updates - Table of Contents

To constitute a listed impairment these must be shown to have persisted or be expected to persist despite prescribed therapy for a continuous period of at least 12 months. With: A. Severe recurrent tetany or convulsions which are unresponsive to prescribed therapy; or B. Growth retardation as described under criteria in 100.02 A and B. 109.05 Diabetes insipidus, documented by pathologic hypertonic saline or water deprivation test. And one of the following: A. Intracranial space-occupying lesion, before or after surgery; or B. Unresponsiveness to Pitressin; or C. Growth retardation as described under the criteria in 100.02 A and B; or D. Unresponsive hypothalmic thirst center, with chronic or recurrent hypernatremia; or E. Decreased visual fields attributable to a pituitary lesion. And one of the following, despite prescribed therapy: A. Recent, recurrent hospitalizations with acidosis; or B. Recent, recurrent episodes of hypoglycemia; or C. Growth retardation as described under the criteria in 100.02 A or B; or D. Impaired renal function as described under the criteria in 106.00ff. With chronic glucocorticoid therapy resulting in one of the following: A. Osteoporosis; or B. Growth retardation as described under the criteria in 100.02 A or B; or C. Diabetes mellitus as described under the criteria in 109.08; or D. Myopathy as described under the criteria in 111.06; or E. Emotional disorder as described under the criteria in 112.00ff. With: A. Recent, recurrent self-losing episodes despite prescribed therapy; or B. Inadequate replacement therapy manifested by accelerated bone age and virilization, or C. Growth impairment as described under the criteria in 100.02 A or B. 109.12 Hypoglycemia (as documented in 109.00C).

The resolution of many issues surrounding the neuropsychology of memory depends significantly on knowing the specific brain structures that, when damaged, cause amnesia. During the course of our work, we have successfully established a model of human amnesia in the monkey, and we have been able to identify a neural system of memory in the temporal lobe that includes the hippocampal region (i.e., dentate gyrus, the hippocampus proper, and subicular complex) and adjacent cortical regions, i.e., entorhinal, perirhinal, and parahippocampal cortices. Our work is relevant to issues of how memory is organized in the brain and to issues of memory impairment associated with a wide range of human conditions, e.g., aging, Alzheimer's disease, and stroke. Currently there is debate as to whether a separate hippocampal lesion causes any memory deficit at all, or only a spatial memory deficit, or a memory deficit but one that does not extend to recognition memory tasks. We are using several tasks of spatial memory, plus parallel tasks of nonspatial memory, to determine if the hippocampal region, and the perirhinal and parahippocampal cortices, have a special role in spatial memory compared to other kinds of memory. To help clarify the damage that produces anterograde and retrograde memory deficits, we are cumulating a library of brains from amnesic patients whose neuropsychological status of impaired and spared memory abilities have been well characterized by our long-term colleague, Dr.

SCHOOL: SPS MODULE TITLE: Neuropsychology MODULE LEADER: David Groome MODULE CODE: 1PSY318 LEVEL: 3 CREDIT VALUE AND STATUS: 15/Elective PREREQUISITES: Cognitive Psychology CO-REQUISITES: None RESTRICTIONS: None ASSESSMENT WEIGHTING: 20.20.10.00.00:25.25 WAS 20.20.10.00.00:50 Friday, 29 July 1994 : 17.27 0318 : NEURO3.3 :22.12.93 : 14.33 Aims; To provide students with an understanding of the relationship between cognition and cortical function, using the effects of cortical lesions as an indicator of brain organisation and localisation of function. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this module, the student should be able to: 1 demonstrate a knowledge of the pattern of cognitive impairment associated with the more commonly occurring cortical lesions; 2 understand the way in which the effects of cortical lesions may provide an insight into the mechanisms and localisation of cognitive function.; 3 show a knowledge of the techniques used in the detection and diagnosis of cortical dysfunction. Course and pattern of deterioration. 4 Agnosias Visual processing impairments and agnosias, including prosopagnosia, visual neglect, blindsight. Lateral dominance, handedness, effects of split brain. Assessment: Examination: 50% of total mark; coursework: 50% to comprise an essay (20%), a practical report (20%), a seminar paper (10%).

A lysosomal storage disorder characterized by the accumulation of lipids (glycoconjugates) primarily in the central nervous system (CNS) resulting in 2 clinical variants. incidence: extremely rare (about 3 cases reported) age of onset: infancy (Type I) -> adulthood (Type II) risk factors: familial - autosomal recessive chrom. alpha-GalNAc is a lysosomal hydrolase and a homodimer which catalyzes the removal of alpha-linked galactosaminyl residues from glycoconjugates the endogenous substrate for alpha-GalNAc has not been identified disease first reported by Schindler et al in 1989 the alpha-GalNAc gene has been cloned and a single base mutation has been identified where a single G->A transition at nucleotide 973 results in a glutamic acid to lysine substitution in residue 325 producing an immunoreactive polypeptide with no detectable alpha-GalNAc activity the overall nucleotide and amino acid similarities between alpha-GalNAc and alpha-galactosidase are 57 and 48%, respectively, and suggests an evolutionary relationship genetic defect -> deficiency of alpha-GalNAc -> accumulation of alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminyl-containing glycoconjugates primarily in the CNS -> axonal degeneration the major glycoconjugate accumulating is the blood group A trisaccharide two clinical variants: Type I - Infantile Form Type II - Adult Form deficiency of alpha-GalNAc activity in leukocytes and cultured skin fibroblasts prenatal: deficiency of alpha-GalNAc activity in cultured chorionic villi or amniocytes cytoplasmic inclusions consisting of single membrane-bound organelles (secondary lysosomes) containing tubulovesicular structures as well as lamellar, fibrillar, vesicular, and/or granular material autonomic axon of the myenteric plexus, myelinated axons of cutaneous nerves, brain biopsy WBC's, cultured fibroblasts, secretory cells of eccrine sweat glands similar ultrastructural findings as in Seitelberger Disease, Hallervorden-Spatz Disease, and neuroaxonal dystrophy

The Neuropsychology service is a division of the Neurosurgery department at Yale. The clinical, scientific, and academic missions converge in the dedication to enhancing neurosurgical care of patients with neurological disease and injury. The Neuropsychology service provides comprehensive clinical evaluations of cognitive functioning in patients to identify symptomatic conditions and facilitate focused treatment planning before and after surgery. Central to the Neuropsychology mission is the philosophy that all patients, while similar in many respects, are nonetheless unique with respect to the organization of their cerebral functions and the range of their social and personal attributes. Consultations are provided to all medical services treating children at Yale, with special programs including children with epilepsy, pediatric neuro-oncology, Spina Bifida, hydrocephalus, a broad spectrum of genetic and developmental disorders, infectuous disorders (e.g., HIV, meningitis, encephalitis, CNS Lyme), and disorders of learning and attention. Sass reported on the cognitive outcome of a series of patients who underwent fetal tissue transplantation for treatment of Parkinsonism, and is presently conducting long-term follow-up studies of these patients.

A Joint Project between the Orthopaedic Research Laboratories and the Laser Center at Massachusetts General Hospital The Bone Allograft Study Group was created in 1992 in order to develop new approaches to skeletal reconstruction using human cortical bone transplants (allografts). In order to improve clinical results with the bone transplantation procedure, joint research focusing on acceleration of replacement of the foreign allograft bone by the recipient's own bone was begun at the Orthopaedic Research Laboratories and the MGH Laser Center. Since its establishment, the Bone Allograft Study Group has rapidly grown by collaborating with the MGH Bone Bank, the MGH Histocompatibility, Photo- and Immunopathology Laboratory, the Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine and by originating international cooperations with Bergmannsheil Hospital at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, the Department of Immunology at the University of Essen, Germany, the AO Research Insitute, Davos, Switzerland, and the Bone & Joint Research Laboratory at the University of Ottawa, Canada. NEW APPROACHES TO BONE TRANSPLANTATION In an attempt to enhance incorporation of cortical bone allografts into host bone, past research in our laboratory focused on the development a new processing method consisting of controlled partial demineralization and laser-drilling. Since there is sufficient evidence for both antibody-mediated and cellular-mediated cytotoxicity from in vivo and in vitro experiments with bone allografts, which have indicated that the primary response of the host to the bone allograft is predominately a cellular-mediated response to the MHC encoded cell surface antigens carried by cells within the allograft and recognized by responding T-lymphocytes in the host, the effect of demineralization on graft incorporation is therefore potentially two-fold. In vivo experimental studies The focus of subsequent animal studies in rats and sheep using orthotopic tibial transplantation models was to apply these methods of controlled partial demineralization and laser perforation to cortical bone allografts and to evaluate how they affect the incorporation process of the graft into host bone.

EPsy 5601 Introduction to Exceptional Children Graduate level course, enrollment 25-85 students, sole responsibility, 1983-1991. EPsy 5670 Introduction to the Education of Visually Handicapped Children Graduate level course, sole responsibility, 1983-1994. EPsy 5671 Braille I - Mastery of Literary Braille Code Graduate level course in literary Braille transcribing, sole responsibility, 1984-1994. EPsy 5672 Braille II - Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics and Scientific Notation and Other Codes Graduate level course in braille mathematical and foreign language transcribing, sole responsibility, 1984-1994. EPsy 5676 Management of Low Vision - Classroom Case Management of Children with Low Vision Graduate level course, sole responsibility, 1985-1994. EPsy 5702 Workshop in Assessment of Functional Vision EPsy 5702 Workshop in Cortical Visual Impairment Graduate level course on current identification, assessment and programming for children with cortical visual impairment.

However, it is important to recognize that sunlight is a substantial source of UV radiation which may damage tissues of the eye. At risk from sunlight, or strong artificial UV sources, are the ocular surface (snowblindness and pterygium), the lens (cataract), and the retina (eclipse blindness and macular degeneration). There is debate about how close this linkage is for one common form of cataract (nuclear sclerosis), but measures to reduce UV exposure should reduce the risk of at least two types of cataract (cortical and posterior subcapsular). Both UV and deep blue light have been shown to be damaging to the retina in laboratory studies, and a number of scientists have postulated that UV and blue light may contribute to retinal aging and macular degeneration. Given the increased risk of skin cancer and some types of cataract associated with UV exposure, the public should protect their eyes, especially when exposed to excessive sunlight. People with high UV exposure, especially those spending prolonged time in the sun or in the snow during the middle of the day, or those exposed to intense artificial sources such as welding arcs or suntanning lamps, should consider using close-fitting goggles or sunglasses with lenses that absorb all UV-B and UV-A, and possibly a substantial portion of blue light as well.

COURSE OUTLINE: NROD60F 1997 Cognitive Neuroscience Instructor N. W. Milgram Room S-637 phone 287-7402 lab phone 287-7461 fax 416-287-7642 email milgram@psych.toronto.edu or milgram@scar.utoronto.ca     Lectures Monday 11:00 - 1:00 Room S-227   Grading 1. Exams (3) 40%   Course Material Students will be responsible for: 1. Presentations given by other students   Student presentations Each student will give one classroom presentation on a recently published article from the appended list. Term paper The term paper will be a review article on a neurobiological disorder from the list below. Topics for Term Paper Acromatopsia - Steve Scheklesky Agraphia Alexia Amusia - Shannon Bristow Amnesia syndromes Apraxia Attention Deficit Disorder Autism Downs syndrome Dyslexia Language Learning Impairment Neglect syndromes Prosopagnosia Schizophrenia - Nandanee Sawh Stuttering and Stammering Synesthesia Williams disorder Readings You will be responsible for the following list of assigned readings (see course schedule).   Ungerleider, L.G. (1995) Functional brain imaging studies of cortical mechanisms for memory.

kko@cidmv1.wustl.edu David Grosof, PhD, Adjunct Research Scientist Usher's syndrome is an inherited degenerative condition that accounts for over half of all cases of combined hereditary deafness and blindness. The condition causes the loss of sensory cells in the eye as well as in the inner ear. Recent work, including work at CID, has brought to light several promising mouse models of Usher's that make it possible to study isolated effects. David Grosof, PhD, Adjunct Research Scientist CID scientists are studying the nature and mechanisms of responses in the brain to deprivation of visual information. David Grosof, PhD, Adjunct Research Scientist Knowledge of central nervous system changes following sensory loss can be most effectively used if we understand how auditory and visual information is represented. Pioneering work at CID by Drs. P.K. Kuhl and J.D. Miller showed that chinchillas form categories of speech sounds, and exhibit category boundaries on the voice-onset time continuum that are strikingly similar to those in humans.

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, January 1998 Lifestyles of Adolescents with Visual Impairments: An Ethnographic Analysis S.Z. Sacks, K.E. Wolffe Abstract: The first study of the Social Network Pilot Project provided quantitative data on the lifestyles of 32 adolescents with visual impairments and 16 who were sighted. Impact of Planning for Support Services on Students Who Are Deaf-Blind M.F. Giangreco, S.W. Edelman, C. Nelson Abstract: This article presents a study of the use of the Vermont Interdependent Services Team Approach (VISTA) by seven individual student planning teams and its impact on the students with deaf-blindness they educated in general education classes with individually determined support services. , R.T. Roessler, J.C. Battersby-Longden, B.R. Schuyler Abstract: In a study of the career maintenance needs of 35 employees with visual impairments (blindness or low vision) in Vermont and Massachusetts, barriers to job retention were assessed in four areas--accessibility of work sites, performance of essential functions, job mastery, and job satisfaction. Proactive Strategies for Managing the Behavior of Children with Neurodegenerative Diseases and Visual Impairment M.M. Loftin, W. S. Koehler Abstract: This article presents proactive strategies to help visually impaired children (those who are blind or have low vision) with neurodegenerative diseases deal with their challenging behaviors. A Portable Control Device for Promoting Independent Indoor Travel by Persons with Severe Multiple Disabilities G.E. Lancioni, D. Oliva, S. Bracalente Abstract: A portable control device linked via radio to acoustic sources was used for promoting independent travel and activity in two adolescents with severe multiple disabilities. Mobility Options for Visually Impaired Persons with Diabetes: Considerations for Orientation and Mobility Instructors K. Milligan Abstract: This article describes ocular and other complications of diabetes that orientation and mobility instructors should consider in determining the most appropriate mobility training for persons with diabetes who are visually impaired.

1995 Sep; 24(9): 486-91 PY: 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TI: Effect of age and training schedules on balance improvement exercises using visual biofeedback. 1995 Aug; 24(4): 221-9 PY: 1995 AB: There has been a growing popularity and success rate of balance rehabilitation programs, and this success is paralleled by the growth of technology, making available instruments that provide objective, quantitative, and immediate results. Spontaneous body sway can be measured in a static central position, or in peripheral positions around the limits of stability (peripheral sway area). 1995 Aug; 24(4): 217-20 PY: 1995 AB: Although chronic facial dysfunction can be improved with neuromuscular biofeedback therapy, it is uncertain whether this improvement is maintained after such therapy ends, or whether post-therapy, home exercise programs optimize this improvement. This surprising result occurred because, although most patients who recently stopped therapy (1 to 6 mo) had improved significantly, the longer other patients were out of therapy, the more they had tended to deteriorate, particularly those who had been practicing. 1995 Aug; 60(1-2): 157-63 PY: 1995 AB: The ability to apply and control the force and force velocity of mechanical stimulation is essential for the study of mechanoelectric transduction and adaptation processes.

EPsy 5601 Introduction to Exceptional Children Graduate level course, enrollment 25-85 students, sole responsibility, 1983-1991. EPsy 5670 Introduction to the Education of Visually Handicapped Children Graduate level course, sole responsibility, 1983-1994. EPsy 5671 Braille I - Mastery of Literary Braille Code Graduate level course in literary Braille transcribing, sole responsibility, 1984-1994. EPsy 5672 Braille II - Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics and Scientific Notation and Other Codes Graduate level course in braille mathematical and foreign language transcribing, sole responsibility, 1984-1994. EPsy 5702 Workshop in Assessment of Functional Vision EPsy 5702 Workshop in Cortical Visual Impairment Graduate level course on current identification, assessment and programming for children with cortical visual impairment. Last modified on April 18, 1997     Copyright 1997 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota.

Introductory Concepts a. Sensation and Perception - sensation refers to the simple process of detecting the presence of a stimulus; perception refers to the complex process of integrating, recognizing, and interpreting complex patterns of sensations Dr. P, the man who mistook his wife for a hat; he had severe visual perception problems in the absence of disturbances of visual sensation b. The Traditional Sensory-System Model input flows from receptors to thalamus, to primary sensory cortex, to secondary sensory cortex, and finally to association cortex   c. Hierarchical Organization (1) sensory information is thought to flow through brain structures in order of their increasing neuroanatomical complexity, and (2) sensation is thought to be less complex than perception     2. Cortical Mechanisms of Vision a. Scotomas and Blindsight superior colliculus and the parallel models (multiple-path models), rather than serial models (single-path models b. Completion large scotomas c. Secondary Visual Cortex and Association Cortex - OVERHEAD T31; the visual areas of the cortex prestriate cortex and inferotemporal cortex d. Visual Agnosia - agnosia is a failure to recognize that is not attributable to a simple sensory deficit, or to motor, verbal, or intellectual impairment (gnosis means "to know"); the case of Dr. P., the man who mistook his wife for a hat, is a classic example of visual agnosia - prosopagnosia, - Tranel and Damasio (1985) suffered from prosopagnosia also lost their ability to recognize  

I live and teach in Durham, N.C. This is my fourth year teaching for the local public schools. I have a classroom of 3-5 year olds with educational diagnoses of preschool developmentally delayed. This year, all of my students have significant physical needs and some degree of visual impairments. Inclusion is placing a child with special needs in a typical classroom WITH staff support. This support could be a personal assistant or a team teaching situation where a regular education teacher and a special education teacher work together for all the students. I am a firm believer in using technology to provide opportunities to my students.

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Hammond, Rabinowitz and Delgutte - The use of modulation transfer functions to predict the neural response of auditory-nerve fibers to speech A3. Lauter - The auditory system as repertory company - a novel approach to the neurobiology of speech perception A5. Meyer and Berthommier - Segregation of simultaneous vowels: a re- evaluation of place versus time-place coding schemes, B10. Todd - Towards a theory of the principal monaural pathway: Pitch, time and auditory scene analysis B11. Varin and Berthommier - Decorrelation of objects features based on knowledge stored in a perceptron B12. Woods - A scene analyser for speech processing SPEECH PROCESSING UNDER ADVERSE ACOUSTIC CONDITIONS B13. Darlington and Campbell - Sub-band adaptive filtering applied to speech enhancement B14. Dobrin - A new type of synchrony detector B15. Patterson and Anderson - Binaural auditory images and a noise- resistant, binaural auditory spectrogram for speech recognition HEARING IMPAIRMENT B16. Cambell - Binaural processing for hearing aids B17. Drullman and Smoorenburg - Effect of multichannel compression on auditory-visual speech reception by the profoundly hearing impaired B18. Faulkner and Rosen - The contribution of temporally-coded acoustic speech patterns to audio-visual speech perception in normally hearing and profoundly hearing-impaired listeners B19. Geurts, Govaerts, Peeters, Immerseel, Wieringen and J.Wouters - Speech processing for cochlear implants: the implementation and evaluation of phase-locking in high rate coding strategies B20. Gosy - Consequences of tempory auditory deficiencies for speech perception B21. Shannon, Zeng and Wygonski - Pattern recognition in speech: implications for auditory prostheses B22. Skljarov - The perception of own delay speech as a tool for start- upping of the rhythm at the stuttering B23. Sundaramoorthy and Pont, Towards a computer simulation of the electrocochleogram AUDITORY PROCESSING FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION B24. Beet and Baghai-Ravary - Towards a better auditory representation for speech recognition B25. Cooke, Morris and Green - Recognising occluded speech B26. Hoffman and Westendorf - Performance evaluation of a low cost filter bank basing on investigations of vowel perception B27. Peter-Pal, Veth and Boves - Channel normalisation by RASTA filtering and dynamic cepstrum for speech recognition over the phone B28. Pont, Keeton and Palooran - Speech recognition using a combination of auditory models and conventional neural networks, B29. Rateitschek and Bodden - Noise-robust speech recognition based on a binaural auditory model

January 1997 - August 1998 (approximately) Program Director, Human Cognition & Perception Program , National Science Foundation NOTE: During this period I will be at NSF four days/week, and at Johns Hopkins one day. The most reliable way to reach me during this time is through my email address at NSF (mmcclosk@nsf.gov). , 1995) testing of a college student with a remarkable impairment in localizing objects from vision led to conclusions about the nature of spatial representations in the normal visual system. In other research involving brain-damaged patients with impairments in reading, writing, or numerical cognition, patterns of impaired performance provide grounds for conclusions about the forms of mental representation underlying lexical and numerical processing, and the computations carried out over these representations. Localizing arithmetic processes in the brain: Evidence from a transient deficit during cortical stimulation. How to Contact Me Johns Hopkins email: michael.mccloskey@jhu.edu phone: 410-516-5325 mail: Department of Cognitive Science Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21218 NSF email: mmcclosk@nsf.gov phone: 703-306-1732 mail: Human Cognition & Perception Program Room 995 National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22230

Skavenski investigates physiological mechanisms of oculomotor control and vision and their contribution to visual space perception. In one series of experiments human subjects point their eyes or hand to objects exposed under viewing conditions that test the nature and quality of nonvisual eye movement information used in determining object location. Related recording and electrical brain stimulation experiments in monkeys are performed to determine the role played by posterior parietal cortical regions in the location process. A second stream of research is concerned with the nature of the eye movement changes and adaption of these movements to loss of the central visual fields in primates. These latter experiments are aimed at gaining a better understanding of the changes that take place when older humans suffer macular degeneration, the leading cause of visual impairment in the US. The work also has important scientific interest in that it has revealed that there is a great deal more plasticity at a neuronal level in the adult brain than had previously been claimed.

University of Texas at Dallas (presented at the 1994 Academy of Aphasia) Nonfluent aphasic speakers show characteristic impairments in the timing and integration of articulatory movements. One way to resolve this controversy is to compare acoustic evidence of vowel quality with actual kinematic data for tongue and jaw movement during vowel production under perturbed conditions. We therefore present pilot data concerning motor equivalence for vowel production for one nonfluent aphasic and two normal subjects. These data thus corroborate recent acoustic findings that full compensation for jaw perturbation during vowel production is not consistently found in the productions of normal subjects (Baum et al. Finally, for all subjects there were occasional mismatches between the kinematic and acoustic data (particularly for F2), suggesting that purely acoustic measures may not be sufficient for analyzing the complex patterns of motor equivalence demonstrated by normal and aphasic subjects. Although the current findings are preliminary, they point to the importance of incorporating kinematic data into investigations of compensatory articulation in aphasia.

Erik De Schutter and Reinoud Maex Several advances over the past year have made a complete reevaluation of the function of the cerebellum and of the role of cerebellar synaptic plasticity necessary. These include the discovery of parallel fiber-induced long term depression, the lack of effect on motor coordination of the absence of cerebellar long term depression in knockout mice and the strong activation of the cerebellar nuclei during sensory tasks. Surprisingly, knockouts of protein kinase C [[gamma]] (PKC[[gamma]]), an enzyme necessary for the induction of LTD [9], did not show reduced LTD [* 2, suggest that the one-to-one relation between CFs and PCs is much more important than LTD for the normal motor function of the cerebellum. Recent human brain mapping results suggest we do not, as the cerebellum is activated during many cognitive and language tasks without overt motor components [44], though some argue that some subconscious contribution of the motor system must be involved [45]. Schematic representation of the pathways thought to be involved in the induction of three forms of LTD of PF synapses in PCs. Each pathways is coded by shadow (CF-LTD), italic (PF-LTD) or bold (NO-LTD) print.

D., cognitive psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL EMPLOYMENT: 1995-present Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Stanford University 1996 Lecturer,Stanford University Department of Psychology (Summer Quarter) University of Illinois Department of Psychology Dallenbach Fellowship, 1989 - 90 National Research Service Award, National Institute of Mental Health, 1993 - 1995 (#MH10433: "Relational Representation in Amnesia") McDonnell-Pew Program for Cognitive Neuroscience, Individual Grant, 1996-present, "The Neural Basis of Skill Learning using fMRI" Poldrack, R. A., Selco, S., Field, J., & Cohen, N. J. (accepted pending revisions). click here for summary Poldrack, R. A., & Cohen, N. J. (submitted). I have extensive experience with statistical data analysis, stochastic simulation (Poldrack, 1996), MR imaging using a GE Signa 1.5T imager, and MR image processing and analysis using IDL and MATLAB. I have published several software review articles: Poldrack, R. A. (1995).

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Roger A. Brumback, M.D. Introduction Criteria For Depression In Young People Diagnosis of Depression Criteria for Mania in Young People Family History The Neurology and Biology of Affective Illness in Young People Concurrent Diagnoses Learning Disabilities, Depression, and School Failure Treatment of Depression, other Patterns of Affective Illness, and Specific Learning Disabilities Summary Glossary Selected Reading This complete article, including tables, appendix, glossary, etc. Depression is a leading cause of failure in school and in life for young people (children, adolescents, and young adults) with learning disabilities. The scientific description of depression and manic-depressive disease was first prepared by Emil Kraepelin in the early 1900s. For the first half of the twentieth century, most clinicians did not accept the concept that primary depression (or manic-depressive disease: affective illness) occurred in children and adolescents. The "Weinberg Criteria" for depression (Table 1) include 10 major symptom categories: dysphoric mood, self-deprecatory ideation, agitation, sleep disturbance, change in school performance, diminished socialization, change in attitude towards school, somatic complaints, loss of usual energy, and unusual change in appetite or weight. Two other widely used self-report forms for depression are the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) which has been used in adolescents and young adults and the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) developed by Kovacs in 1987 for ages 7-17 years. The terms "hyperkinetic impulse disorder" (1950s), "minimal brain dysfunction" (MBD;1960s), "hyper-active child syndrome" (1970s), "attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity" (ADD with or without H; 1980s) and now "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" (ADHD;1990s) have successively been applied to a heterogeneous (mixed) group of children, adolescents, and young adults whose clinical problem can be more correctly explained by one or more of the following disorders: affective illness, learning disabilities, and primary disorder of vigilance (Table 6).

 furedy@psych.utoronto.ca   ABSTRACT:  The pre-Socratics, a group of philosophers (who also had strong applied interests) like Thales and Heraclitus who temporally preceeded Socrates, were the first to employ distinterestedness, the "Greek way of thinking about the world", and the requirement to "save the appearances", which is the rule that any general explanation should account for whatever phenomena have been observed.  I suggest that most approaches in current "cognitive psychology" and cognitive science have abandoned this approach, and have instead produced metophorical psychological theories that are implicitly based on the computer analogy of mind and behavior, and hence contribute little either to the understanding (i.e., "saving the appearances") or control of the psychological phenomenon of cognition.  Moreover, when the discipline itself is poorly conceived, it is not surprising that inter-disciplinary research and applications do not yield the synergy of progress that is possible only when each of the contributing disciplines is clearly conceived both with respect to itself, and with respect to the contribution that it provides to the research as a whole.   Thursday 23 October 1997 - Room 3113, Level 3 Shackleton Building Wearable Computers Dr Chris Baber, University of Birmingham BABERC@novell2.bham.ac.uk   ABSTRACT:  The minituarisation of technology has led to computers which are small enough to be worn, e.g., a processor with the equivalent capability of a Pentium pc can weigh less than 2lbs.  In my work I am looking at the potential uses of such technology for the emergency services, i.e., police, fire and ambulance crews.  Of particular interest is the design of wearable computers for these user groups,  where the design needs to take into account not only such factors as functionality and usability, but also the environments in which the computers will be worn and used.  The initial phase of the work takes a scenario-based design approach to develop design guidelines incorporating user requirements from the start of the project.   Thursday 30 October 1997 - Room 3113 - Level 3, Shackleton Building Time and Time Again Dr Michel Treisman, Oxford University michel.treisman@psy.ox.ac.uk   ABSTRACT:  The hypothesis that temporal perception and performance depend on a biological source of temporal information has been explored by developing a model for the internal clock.   Tuesday 4 November - Room 3113, Level 3, Shackleton Building Unsupervised and Perceptual Learning: Insights from Free Classification Andy Wills, BSc, University of Cambridge ajw43@cus.cam.ac.uk   ABSTRACT:  The majority of experimental investigations of categorization use procedures where reliable category membership information is available on an item-by-item basis.  Whilst learning from this sort of experience is an important part of our ability to acquire classifications,  it seems unlikely to be the whole story.  Studies of perceptual learning indicate that stimulus representations can change as a result of simple exposure, work on free classification suggests that categorical structures can be learned without explicit feedback.  I will report a few new experiments which investigate the relationship between perceptual learning and freeclassificaion, and explore the mechanisms which might underly them. Thursday 13 November 1997 - Room 3113, Level 3, Shackleton Building Second Annual Clinical Psychology Lecture Taking Care:  Psychological Issues in Dementia Care Professor Bob Woods,  School of Psychology, University of Wales b.woods@bangor.ac.uk   ABSTRACT:   Although often viewed as the poor relation of health and social services, dementia care is an area full of stimulus and challenge for psychologists.   Thursday 27 November 1997 - Room 3113, Level 3, Shackleton Building Cognitive Ageing and the Ageing Brain Professor Patrick Rabbitt, Director, Age and Cognitive Performance Research Centre, University of Manchester   ABSTRACT:  As people grow old their brains and central nervous systems undergo changes which reduce their efficiency.  Relationships between these changes and in performance on cognitive tests have been accounted for by two types of theories:  ?

Professor A.W. Young Ellis, A.W., Young, A.W. and Critchley, E.M.R. (1989) Intrusive automatic or nonpropositional inner speech following bilateral cerebral injury: a case report. Ellis, A.W., Young, A.W. and Critchley, E.M.R. (1989) Loss of memory for people following temporal lobe damage. Professor A.W. Young Brunas, J., Young, A.W. and Ellis, A.W. (1990) Repetition priming from incomplete faces: evidence for part to whole completion. Ellis, A.W., Young, A.W. and Flude, B.M. (1990) Repetition priming and face processing: priming occurs within the system that responds to the identity of a face. Hanley, J.R., Pearson, N.A. and Young, A.W. (1990) Impaired memory for new visual forms. Young, A.W., de Haan, E.H.F. and Newcombe, F. (1990) Unawareness of impaired face recognition.

 (permission to copy granted, 28/4/96, by author, Thomas Kay, PhD) BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM - The past decade has witnessed major changes in the treatment and rehabilitation of traumatic head injury. Improvements in emergency medical services, more aggressive emergency room procedures, and greater sophistication in managing brain insults, have resulted in a greater number of persons surviving head trauma, often with severe disabilities. THE DEFINITION OF MINOR HEAD INJURY - The definition of "minor head injury" we will use in this paper is a practical, not a neurological one: trauma in which the head is struck, or moves violently, resulting in a transient alteration of consciousness, for which the patient is hospitalized for a relatively brief period of time (usually a few days, but often not at all), followed by discharge directly home with no prescription for formal rehabilitation. We will consider two major groups of injuries, diffuse mild head injury and focal mild head injury, considering in each case first the neurophysiology of the injury, and then the nature of the deficits. b. Complex Attention - Following minor head injury, most persons have great difficulty splitting or shifting their attention among tasks, and cannot efficiently execute complex operations that require multiple simultaneous decisions and choices - despite the fact that they are perfectly capable of executing any one of the operations independently. These possible deficits, following damage to specific areas of the brain, are of course in addition to the primary deficits in the area of speed and capacity of information processing, complex attention and concentration, learning and memory, integrative thinking, planning and organizing, and control over emotions and behavior, which are the hallmarks of most head injuries.

Making choices in functional vision evaluations: "Noodles, needles and haystacks". Suggestions for modifying the home and school environment. Helping young children with visual impairments make use of their vision. Innovative program design for individuals with dual sensory impairment. How is all the information from a functional vision assessment put together? A guide to helping young children with visual impairments make better use of their vision book 2.

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Key phrase: Vowels vs consonants vs words vs sentences presented at 50 vs 60 vs 70 dB sound-pressure level, speech recognition, postlinguistically deaf adults. Abstract: Evaluated the recognition of vowels, consonants, words, and sentences presented in quiet at 50, 60, and 70 dB sound-pressure level for 10 postlinguistically deaf adults who use the SPEAK speech coding strategy of the Nucleus 22 Channel Cochlear Implant System. Key phrase: Auditory feedback, sound pressure level & fundamental frequency contours during reading, deafened speakers with cochlear implants vs patient with Neurofibromatosis-2 who had hearing reduced. Title: Comparison of electrode discrimination, pitch ranking, and pitch scaling data in postlingually deafened adult cochlear implant subjects. Key phrase: Sequential vs pitch-based electrode ordering, electrode discrimination & pitch ranking & pitch scaling in speech perception, postlingually deaf adults with cochlear implants. Key phrase: Pitch place & rate & level, pitch perception, adult scala tympani implant Subjects.

  Attention to whether a light is on or off:  as a light is repeatedly presented and blocked, require the child to demonstrate consistent visual attention.   Object tracking:  smoothly track objects in all directions.   Movement exploration with objects:  encourage further interaction with objects in space. At this point in the vision stimulation program, activities should be geared toward the development of higher level visual perceptual abilities.  The child begins to learn basic features such as lines, curves, angles and colors which yield the most information about the environment.  Now they are able to learn to recognize and identify different shapes and objects.  With this knowledge, children are better able to integrate the missing pieces of information they need to compensate for their visual impairments. Today cortical vision impairment, delayed visual maturation, retinopathy of prematurity, and optic nerve hypoplasia are the leading causes of vision impairment.  These kids have a multitude of visual, visual motor, and developmental delays.  Up to 50% of visually impaired children have multiple impairments.  This stresses the need for interaction between many disciplines of care.  More than 80% of learning is visual, therefore children with visual impairment will require careful assessment for academic placement.  Up to 65% of low vision children have "significant delays" in cognitive and psychomotor development. Infants born before 32 weeks and those weighing less than 1000g have a much greater prevalence of retinopathy.  These children often rub and poke their eyes to stimulate the retinal ganglion cells, thus stimulating the striate cortex.  Children with ROP often have nystagmus.  Many also have CVI as well.

Summary - Directed towards parents, this video explains the nature of cortical visual impairment and shows various ways to present visual stimulus along with play and learning activities. Summary - An innovative reading system specifically designed for children who are visually impaired or multihandicapped with visual impairments. "Books" are transparent pages bound together, allowing each page to pivot over the light box and be illuminated. Story illustrations are high contrast in color and offer maximum visibility.

The same visual stimulus can elicit differential activation of even early cortical areas, depending upon the behavioral significance of the stimuli. In tasks involving rapid serial visual presentation of moving random dot patterns subjects were asked to perform two-alternative forced choice direction- (or color-) discriminations of either one or two target items in a temporal string of distractor items. When viewing simple uni-directional stimuli the correct direction discrimination of the second target was impaired when it appeared within a couple hundred ms of a similar first target, regardless of whether the subject also had to perform a discrimination of a first target feature. Since this impairment occurs even when no, or only a color, judgement is required for the first target and only when the first and second target contain similar motion axes, it appears to reflect simple sensory masking. In contrast, if the first target consists of signal motion embedded in motion noise, discrimination of the second target was much more severe and prolonged when the subjects also had to judge the direction of the first target. These results demonstrate that the ability of a moving stimulus to influence the processing of subsequent stimuli can be affected by attention.

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However, when the Subjects were divided into skilled and less skilled groups, based on their performance in the visual condition of each test, the performance of the skilled Subjects deteriorated while that of the less skilled Subjects improved when tactile information was provided in word-discrimination and word-decoding conditions. Abstract: Examined the speech production performance of 6 children (aged 1 yr 8 mo to 12 yrs 2 mo) with profound hearing impairments, using multichannel cochlear implants (CIs), tactile aids (TAs), and hearing aids (HAs). Subjects with early onset of deafness who received their single- or multichannel cochlear implant before age 10 yrs demonstrated the highest speech intelligibility, whereas Subjects who did not receive their device until after age 10 had the poorest speech intelligibility. Key phrase: Multichannel cochlear implant vs tactile vs hearing aids, speech perception & production & language performance, profoundly hearing impaired 1.7-12.2 yr olds. Abstract: Examined the speech perception, speech production, and language performance of 18 profoundly hearing-impaired children (aged 1 yr 8 mo to 12 yrs 2 mo) using Nucleus 22 multichannel cochlear implants, Tactaid tactile aids, or hearing aids after 1, 2, or 3 yrs of use. Human Subjects: 48 Russian schoolage children (aged 7-10 yrs) (speech disorders) (1st and 2nd graders at a speech-therapy school); 25 normal Russian schoolage children.

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prevalence: 1/1000 children (severe to profound hearing loss) incidence: 1/1000 babies born deaf 1/50 infants from an NICU have significant hearing loss 1/10 children develop hearing problems at some time age of onset: any risk factors: see differential diagnosis defect in the external or middle ear deficiency in the transduction of energy in the form of sound waves in air to hydraulic waves in the inner ear - results in low frequency hearing loss middle ear effusions can produce a hearing loss up to 30 dB (whisper) malformation of the external and middle ears can produce a hearing loss up to 60 dB (talking) thus a severe conductive hearing loss will not produce total deafness but can interfere with language development in 70% of cases, it is the grandmother who first notices a hearing disorder different levels of sound intensity to determine threshold 30 dB - whisper 60 dB - talking 90 dB - shout may lack the startle reflex in response to a loud sound reliable in patients older than 6-8 months of age a subjective test indicating whether or not the patient has received, processed, and responded to the signal sounds of specific frequency are presented by one audiologist through speakers and the second audiologist observes for behavioural changes in the child test limitations: subjective cannot test each ear separately in visual reinforcement audiology, a brightly lighted toy moves when the child turns their head towards the side where the nose has occurred reliable in patients older than 6-7 months of age an objective test for conductive hearing loss measures the mechanical properties of the tympanic membrane and middle ear function most sensitive way to discover middle ear effusions or malformations and to test for tympanostomy tube patency - does not test the childs ability to process and respond to sound and thus is not a hearing test may be used to confirm the results of behavioural tests in young and handicapped children sounds are presented to the ear through a probe and the amount of sound reflected back from the eardrum is measured transmission in ear is optimal when the pressures on both sides of the eardrum are equal (peak conductance when the relative pressure in the external canal and middle ear is equal or zero) compliance is the objective measure of sound transmission through the middle ear by determining the air pressure in the external canal which gives rise to maximum compliance, the pressure and mobility of the middle ear can be determined types of tympanograms: reliable in all patients from prematures to adults an objective test for sensorineuronal and cortical hearing loss measures the function of the cochlea and acoustic nerve and the transmission time along the brainstem auditory nuclei - does not test the childs ability to process and respond to sound and thus is not a hearing test may be used to confirm the results of behavioural tests in young and handicapped children may identify areas of demyelination (prolonged wave forms)

PTSD Research Quarterly, Volume 7, Number 2, Spring 1996 The following review is based on an article that has been submitted for publication, "The Effects of Stress on 'Cool' and 'Hot' Memory Systems," by W.J. Jacobs and J. Metcalfe. In the systems approach to human memory, the mind/brain is assumed to be multifaceted, with semi-autonomous specialized subsystems operating in parallel. At low levels of stress, mineralocorticoid receptors in the hippocampus produce an increase in responsivity, but at higher levels of stress the successive occupation of glucocorticoid receptors, in addition to the mineralocorticoid receptors, causes the hippocampus to become less responsive, and eventually, at extremely high levels, dysfunctional. Once the cool system is fully functioning, it suppresses the more primitive infantile systems -- except under conditions of extreme high stress when the cool system becomes dysfunctional and control reverts to the more infantile systems. The data show that MR- and GR-mediated effects proceed in a coordinate and often antagonistic mode of action: (1) in hippocampus MR activation maintains excitability, while GR occupancy suppresses excitability, which is transiently raised by excitatory stimuli; (2) central MRs participate in control of the sensitivity of the neuroendocrine stress response system, while GRs are involved in termination of the stress response; (3) MRs in the hippocampus have a role in regulation of behavioral reactivity and response selection. Intense emotions at the time of the trauma initiate the long-term conditional responses to reminders of the event, which are associated both with chronic alterations in the physiological stress response and with the amnesias and hypermnesias characteristic of PTSD. Continued physiological hyperarousal and altered stress hormone secretion affect the ongoing evaluation of sensory stimuli as well.

three take-home examinations (75%) group web-page summaries and problem search (25%) NOTE: all students must use email and the web Problem Search: The group summarizing the week's discussion must also find a problem that exemplifies material covered thus far in the course and report, on the day their summary is due, on how the problem relates to cognitive science. Language The abstract modular structure of mental grammar; the organization of language: phonology, syntax, and semantics; universal grammar, learnability, and acquisition. READING: Liberman, The sound structure of Mawu words; Lasnik, The forms of sentences; Frawley, Linguistic semantics, Ch 1-2; Pinker, Language acquisition. Amnesia, Agnosia, and Aphasia Memory loss and dysfunction; deficits of object and face recognition; kinds of language breakdown (Broca, Wernicke, Specific Language Impairment) READING: Cohen, Preserved learning capacity in amnesia. Exam #1 Distributed Monday 10/6 Objects & Space Problem Search & Summary: Processor/How come Wednesday 10/8 Objects & Space EXAM #1 DUE Monday 10/13 Objects & Space Wednesday 10/15 Faces Monday 10/20 NO CLASS Wednesday 10/22 Language Problem Search & Summary: Objects & Space Monday 10/27 Language Problem Search & Summary: Faces Wednesday 10/29 Language Monday 11/3 Language Wednesday 11/5 Language Monday 11/10 Music & Mathematics Problem Search & Summary: Language Wednesday 11/12 Theory of Mind Exam #2 Distributed Monday 11/17 Amnesia, Agnosia & Aphasia Problem Search & Summary: Music & Math/TOM Wednesday 11/19 Amnesia, Agnosia & Aphasia EXAM #2 DUE Monday 11/24 Amnesia, Agnosia & Aphasia Wednesday 11/26 Williams Syndrome Monday 12/1 Autism Problem Search & Summary: Amnesia, Agnosia, Aphasia Wednesday 12/3 Consciousness Monday 12/8 Emotions Problem Search & Summary: Williams/Autism Wednesday 12/10 Prospects and Progress Problem Search & Summary: Consciousness & Emotions Exam #3 Distributed Visit to ASEL if possible during reading day/exam week Day of Scheduled Final: EXAM #3 DUE

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Although occasional patients in whom spontaneous thrombosis of SDAVF have been reported, these patients are the exception. However, in patients who are treated late in the disease course, the process of gliosis and scarring appears to be self-perpetuating and these patients who do not respond well to treatment. Unlike the patients who have a disc herniation or other mechanical disease of the spine, radicular pain is not a prominent symptom in these patients. In some patients who were treated late in the disease process, some small measure of initial recovery was evident but some of these patients have subsequently experienced another decline. Repeat angiography in these patients has demonstrated that the fistula has not re-established itself and it is assumed that the process of scarring or gliosis has become self-perpetuating in these unfortunate patients. In patients who have been treated early in the disease process, an immediate response, as soon as a few hours after the treatment procedure, can be seen with progressive improvement over the subsequent weeks.

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- Cortical Mapping of Pathological Tau Proteins in Several Neurodegenerative Disorders - Neurofibrillary Tangles are Associated with the Differential Loss of Message Expression for Synaptic Proteins in Alzheimer's Disease - Morphologic and Neurochemical Characteristics of Corticocortical Projections: Emergence of Circuit-Specific Features and Relationships to Degenerative Changes in Alzheimer's Disease - Reduced Neuronal Activity is one of the Major Hallmarks of Alzheimer's Disease - Neurodegenerative Alzheimer-Like Pathology in PDAPP 717 F Transgenic Mice - Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Disconnection in Alzheimer's Disease - Is Alzheimer's Disease Accelerated Aging? Last update: February 3, 1998, URL: http://www.springer.de/catalog/html-files/deutsch/biomed/toc/3540622055-c.html Your inquiries about Springer products are welcome at International Sales and Marketing © Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 1998

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URL: http://www.kidshealth.org/ai/service/ophthalmology.html Summary: Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children The Division of Ophthalmology offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment of infants, children and adolescents with ocular disorders. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. Summary: Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children The Division of Rheumatology provides comprehensive diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care for children and adolescents with arthritis and a wide range of related disorders, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus, vasculitic disorders, scleroderma, acute or chronic limp, joint swelling, unexplained joint and muscle symptoms, and Lyme.

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Organisation of this report ii Obtaining reprints ii Computer Notes ii E-mail ii APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY UNIT, CAMBRIDGE Staff iii Abstracts 1 TOPIC INDEX to all abstracts 100 Organisation of Abstracts and Topic Index The 1994 Human Performance Reports covers work from the MRC Applied Psychology Unit only. In the case of multiple authorship, authors after the first are cross-referenced provided that they are members (or recent former members) of the APU, Cambridge. Michael Allerhand, PhD University of Cambridge Andrew Calder, PhD ESRC Research Award Grant Davida Charney, PhD Pennsylvania University, USA James Enns, PhD University of British Columbia, Canada Randy Flanagan, PhD McGill University, Canada Shaun Gallagher, PhD Canisius College, Buffalo, USA Stephen Handel, PhD University of Tennessee, USA Chris Herdman, PhD Carlton University, Ontario, Canada Toshio Irino, DEng NTT Basic Research Labs, Tokyo Japan Stephen Kirker, MRCP(I) Dept of Rehabilitation, Addenbrooke'sHospital, Cambridge Derek Koehler, PhD Stanford University, USA Michael Kopelman, PhD Academic Unit of Psychiatry, St Thomas's Hospital, London Janet Larsen, PhD John Carroll University, USA Jo-Anne Le-Fevre, PhD Carlton University, Ontario, Canada Peter Lovibond, PhD University of N.S.W., Australia Jason Mattingley, PhD Monash University, Clayton, Australia Richard Moore, PhD Dept of Psychiatry, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge Christopher Poulton, ScD Ex APU Staff Member (retired) Dan Reisberg, PhD Reed College, Portland, USA John Russell, PhD Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia AKEROYD, M.A. See PATTERSON, R.D. & AKEROYD, M.A. APU 3157 PATTERSON, R.D. & AKEROYD, M.A. APU 3288 ALLERHAND, M. & PATTERSON, R.D. APU 3150 Vocal agitation as a predictor of emotion and stress. See PATTERSON, R.D., Anderson, T. & ALLERHAND, M. APU 3158 ALLISON, S. See FLANAGAN, J.R., WING, A.M., ALLISON, S. & SPENCELEY, A. APU 3270 Anderson, T. & PATTERSON, R.D. APU 3152 Speaker recognition with the auditory image model and self-organising feature maps: A comparison with traditional techniques. BADDELEY, A.D. & ANDRADE, J. APU 3128 Reversing the word length effect: A comment on Caplan, Rochon and Waters Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 47A, 1047-1054, 1994.

Also available on disk - MAC or DOS (textfile-no forms). Go to Table of Contents of this book "The" resource guide for VI certified teachers serving students in regular, special ed, and resource classrooms as itinerant and classroom teachers Assessment guidelines with sample assessments and reproducible assessment tools and forms Strategies for IEP development, instruction, and transition planning address common and uncommon issues VI certified teachers are confronted with daily Information on adapting materials and environments includes tactual and visual symbols as a means of communication Special needs of students with cortical visual impairment and post trauma vision syndrome Biobehavioral state management for students with profound impairments The importance of intervention for infants and toddlers Meeting the needs of students with deafblindness and multiple impairments Special considerations for students with visual and severe motor impairments Adapting materials and environments Orientation and mobility for students with multiple impairments Issues related to student behaviors Annotated resources Answers to questions commonly asked Go to top Students with Cortical Visual Impairment and Post Trauma Vision Syndrome Definition of Terms Eligibility for VI Services Cortical Visual Impairment Characteristics Suggestions and Interventions Post Trauma Vision Syndrome Characteristics Suggestions and Interventions Suggestions for Classroom Techniques Communication New Information Spatial Orientation Attention and Concentration Task Completion Impulse Control Dealing with Anger Social Integration Social Conversation Questions Annotated Resources References Biobehavioral State Management for Students with Profound Impairments Definition Assessing States and Influences of States Environmental Influences Medical Influences Nutrition and Hydration Influences Manipulating States Using the Senses to Enhance Learning Vision Touch Hearing Taste and Smell Questions References Infants and Toddlers The Importance of Intervention Working with Parents Working with Infants and Toddlers What Is ECI? Appendices Please send comments and suggestions to: webteam@tsbvi.edu Page URL:  http://192.188.148.10/publications/vmi.htm Last Revision: January 09, 1998 The URL of this page is: http://192.188.148.10/publications/vmi.htm

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Fischer, M.A. & Greenwood, P.M. (1978) Visual field effects in the mental rotation of two- dimensional figures. Greenwood, P.M. & Tweedy, J.R. (1983) Effects of diffuse brain injury on network representations of semantic similarity. Greenwood, P.M., Parasuraman, R., & Haxby, J. (1989, October) Covert attentional shifts and cerebral metabolism in Alzheimer's disease and normal aging. Greenwood, P.M., Parasuraman, R. & Alexander, G.E. (1995, November) Effects of normal aging on the spatial distribution of visuospatial attention in visual search. Greenwood, P. & Parasuraman, R. (1991) Effects of aging on the speed of attentional cost of cognitive operations. Greenwood, P.M., Parasuraman, R. & Alexander, G.E. Controlling the focus of spatial attention during visual search: Effects of advanced aging and Alzheimer Disease.

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McCann, the ER physician orders Demerol (meperidine) 50 mg with 50mg of Phenergan (promethazine hydrochloride) IM for pain. Problem List: orthostatic hypotension osteoporosis with an old compression fracture of the back at L3 mild deafness Hx of Meniere's Disease Hypothyroidism Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Pernicious Anemia Question 5 - Single Best Answer Given the initial survey and exam with all of the history you have been given so far, what is Mr. McCann's shirt pocket, the nurse finds a list of medications his wife had written down and also had given to the EMT, which corresponds to those listed in the medical record: Synthroid (levothyroxine) 1 mcg po qd Calcium carbonate 650mg ii tabs po qd B12 1000 mcg q month IM Proscar (finasteride) 5 mg po qd Ergocalciforal (Vitamin D) 50,000 Units 2x per month Meclizine 25 mg po prn vertigo fludrocortisone 0.1 mg q am Tylenol (acetaminophen) 325 mg po q 6 hr prn pain E/C ASA i po qd NKDA (No known drug reactions) Social support comes from a daughter who lives three miles away. McCann waxes and wanes as the ER physician tries to elicit more history and information on what parts of his body hurt now. McCann reacts violently to the ER physician's palpation here. The ER physician already ordered enough x-rays in the ER, and this x-ray could wait until later.

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About Your Results] Show Titles only  List by Web site  AMAZON.COM FIND Related Books 99% Classes offered  Summary: EPsy 5671 Braille I - Mastery of Literary Braille Code Graduate level course in literary Braille transcribing, sole responsibility, 1984-1994. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. Summary: Knowlton, M. (1993) Education of Visually Handicapped children and youth, International Encyclopedia of Education, Pergamon Press Ltd. Preliminary Results of the Field Testing of the Minnesota Functional Vision Assessment, invited presentation at Minnesota Division for Visual Handicapped Spring Conference, Annandale, MN, 1987. Summary: Formal prerequisite coursework includes: an introduction to exceptionality (EPsy 5601), assessment in special education (Epsy 5700), reading methods (Elem 3331), remedial reading instruction (Epsy 5335), mathematics instruction (Elem 3391) and remedial mathematics instruction (MthE 5335).

Introduction: Children with ocular and cortical visual impairment often use adaptive or compensatory mannerisms to maximize visual function. Such mannerisms include the use of anomalous head or eye positions and large overshooting saccades among others. We have noted the finding of an anomalous head posture in many children with early onset homonymous hemianopia. Methods: We performed full ophthalmological examinations on nine consecutive patients with early onset homonymous hemianopia who had an anomalous head posture. All patients had a homonymous hemianopia with a head turn toward the hemianopic field and a gaze preference away from the hemianopic field. Conclusions: Children with early onset homonymous hemianopic visual loss will often adopt an anomalous head turn toward the hemianopic field with a gaze preference opposite the hemianopic field.

Here are some disabilities resources, fociusing mainly on my biggest area of interest, blindness. Vision Enrichment Services Vision Enrichment Services Backup Page High-fat diet may raise risk of blindness, research shows Blindness Message Board RP Research Foundation - Fighting Blindness /~aggedor/Blindness And NFB Making Progress Toward A World Without Blindness EPDS Book Report:Blindness Instructions for Users with Low Vision or Blindness Making Progress Toward A World Without Blindness Blindness Visual Impairments and Blindness Expert System Other Blindness Related Resources The Foundation Fighting Blindness, National Headquarters Blindness DICON AND PREVENT BLINDNESS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Arizona Transition Team on Deaf-Blindness "The Heathen in His Blindness"? RNIB Factsheet - A short guide to blindness 03 AAC 026.410. Japan - Society and Culture:Disabilities:Blindness Blindness Resource Center: Resources on Disabilities-Generic Blindness Resource Center: Resource Sites on Blindness Blindness Resource Center: Research and Innovation Blindness Resource Center: On-line Information Blindness Resource Center: Eye Diseases and Conditions Blindness Resource Center: Braille Links on the Internet Blindness Resource Center: Access to the Internet and Web Blindness Blindness defined visual anosognosia in cortical blindness anton's symptom Whisper in blindness Treatment to Prevent Blindness in Premature Infants Research to prevent Blindness Night Blindness Blindness and Tactile Graphics Information Sources Blindness blindness Blindness Blindness Products Summary BLINDNESS HAS NOT TEMPERED THIS MAN'S LOVE FOR COUNTRY LIFE National RRTC on Blindness and Low Vision Projects Project Enable Dir #6 - Visual Impairments and Blindness Blindness Resource Center Blindness Blindness Texas Commission for the Blind-Blindness Related Links Word Index: blindness The Foundation Fighting Blindness NHC: VHAs: THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS Autobiography/EDPS 425/blindness India: National Cataract Blindness Control Project Subpart I - Determining Disability and Blindness Blindness Blindness Deaf/Blindness. On Blindness Recommended For Children With Blindness Recommended For Children With Blindness World Wide Web Resources Related to Blindness blindness Overview on Deaf-Blindness Consumer Provider Council on Blindness Ointment of blindness RERC on Technology for Blindness and Visual Impairments Prevent Blindness America Visual Field Screening Study Blindness Resource Center-Text Version Version Re: Hearing loss or Blindness Prevention of Blindness - Data WHO Prevention of Blindness AmFAR: New Treatments, New Hope In Avoiding Blindness Blindness BLINDNESS Nerd World : DEAFNESS AND BLINDNESS What is Blindness? Training: National RRTC on Blindness and Low Vision Staff: National RRTC on Blindness and Low Vision More About Blindness PREVENT BLINDNESS AMERICA(TM) Eye, Sight and Blindness The Need For Blindness Blindness Related Resources Overview on Deaf-Blindness M211.4 Determination of Disability or Blindness (Medicaid) M211.3 Definition of Blindness (Medicaid) Blindness Healing Testimonies - Healed from Blindness Woman excelled despite blindness Blindness On Blindness.

Our preliminary results reveal evidence for a segregated y- and w-cell pathway in the pattern of connections from the lateral geniculate nucleus into primary visual cortex, and beyond to extrastriate areas in the lateral suprasylvian zone. Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is the main cause of serious visual impairment leading to blindness in patients who have encountered retinal detachment or tears and in individuals who have had perforating eye trauma. It is estimated that at least 10%-- and possibly as high as 17%-- of those individuals undergoing eye microsurgery for detached retina will develop PVR. Although many drugs have been proposed for the control of PVR, the main course of action is surgical removal. Our recent studies are aimed at developing an invitro model of PVR to be used to assess the efficacy of a gene therapeutic approach to controlling PVR. The studies will address the efficacy of using viral strains to specifically target and kill proliferating cells known to form PVR membranes. virus selectively evokes lethality in proliferating cells of PVR. ARVO Kojic L, Q Gu, R Douglas, J Matsubara and M Cynader (19997) Serotonin facilitates either LTP and LTD in a patchy distribution within kitten striate cortex. 23: 406.7 Wong CA, MJ Potter,A Samad,TS Chang, P Ma, AL Maberley, WH Ross, W Jia JA Matsubara (submitted) Human Epiretinal Membrane Cells in an Experimental Model of PVR in the Rabbit.

My laboratory is interested in the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurotoxicity associated with the actions of environmental chemicals which act as mitochondrial poisons and disease states which produce mitochondrial dysfunction. Mechanisms of Methanol-Induced Neurotoxicity: Methanol is an important public health and environmental concern because of its selective toxic actions on the retina and optic nerve. Blindness or serious visual impairment are well-documented effects of methanol intoxication. Although, methanol has been recognized as a serious human neurotoxin for a century, the mechanisms responsible for the toxic actions of this agent are not understood. Furthermore, methanol is being developed as an alternative fuel and energy source throughout the world, thus greatly expanding the potential for accidental poisoning and underscoring the importance of understanding its toxicity. The purpose of our research is to determine the mechanisms of retinal and optic nerve toxicity induced by methanol poisoning using a rodent model of methanol toxicity developed in my laboratory.

There is considerable overlap between the problems of psychology and those of neurophysiology, experimental neuroanatomy, and neurochemistry, hence the possibility (or necessity) of reciprocal assistance. Research facilities available for investigations in neuropsychology and biological psychology include small animal and primate surgery, rodent and primate laboratories, single-unit and EEG equipment, chemical and electrical brain-stimulation equipment, neuroanatomical and histological laboratories, a video-tape system, and on-line, off-line computer systems for data collection and analysis. Research facilities also include equipment to conduct studies of in vitro neurotransmitter release, in vivo brain microdialysis, quantitative light microscopy, and high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of brain monoamines. Jackson's research focuses on the effects of prenatal psychomotor stimulant exposure (amphetamine, cocaine, etc. On-going studies utilize an in vitro slice preparation and in vivo brain microdialysis to measure basal and evoked neurotransmitter release. Stellar's laboratory studies the neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of rewarding brain stimulation in rats as part of a larger interest in the neural basis of motivated behavior in adult and developing humans and other animals.

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Summary: Additional Materials of Help When Working with Children with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities   This page contains links to a variety of reference materials I have complied from several sources. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. Summary: Perceptions of Terms Used to Describe Individuals with Visual Impairments   This study examined the perceptions of 897 individuals to 16 terms commonly used to describe people with visual impairment. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. Summary: Women and Visual Impairment   I have submitted a chapter title "Women with Visual Impairment" for a book to be published by the American Foundation for the Blind.

Currently the Otolaryngology, Otorhinolaryngology & Ophthalmology Center contains: Current time is: US/Pacific; Singapore; Cairo or UTC/GMT Sidereal Time (US only) or Julian Date Your current time is: Cities & Countries WW U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT TRAVEL WARNINGS For more information see the Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of State " For more information see Multimedia Textbooks; Outline of the Virtual Hospital or the Virtual Hospital, University of Iowa GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL AND POPULAR MEDICAL TERMS IN NINE EUROPEAN LANGUAGES "This project was commissioned by The European Commission and executed by Heymans Institute of Pharmacology and Mercator School, Department of Applied Linguistics. " For more information see The European Commission; Heymans Institute for Pharmacology (English Version); Vakgroep Farmacologie Heymans Instituut (Nederlandstalige versie - Dutch version) or the Universiteit Gent (University of Ghent), Belgium

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Summary: And one of the following, despite prescribed therapy: A. Recent, recurrent hospitalizations with acidosis; or B. Recent, recurrent episodes of hypoglycemia; or C. Growth retardation as described under the criteria in 100.02 A or B; or D. Impaired renal function as described under the criteria in 106.00ff. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. Summary: Evaluate under the criteria in 112.02; or F. Chronic active inflammation or necrosis documented by SGOT persistently more than 100 units or serum bilirubin of 2.5 mg. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one.

Summary: Significant motion perception and orientation discrimination deficits were observed in both the very mild and the mild-moderate SDAT patients but the extent of the deficit was greater for the orientation discrimination (p< 0.01). More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one.

ACCELERATION EFFECTS - Because the bone and brain tissue are of different densities, rapid acceleration, such as being rapidly vaulted forward in an automobile accident, will cause brain tissue to accelerate at a different rate than bone. These differences create a gradient that results in shearing forces that may damage brain tissue. - VISUAL AGNOSIA - Inability to combine visual impressions into complete patterns - therefore inability to recognize objects; inability to perceive objects and to draw or copy them - also see agnosia. - NONFLUENT APHASIA - An inability or impairment of speech that follows brain damage, particularly to the frontal part of the hemisphere dominant for speech, and which is characterized by difficulty in articulating words. DISABILITY – Any residual impairment of physiological, anatomical, or psychological functioning that results from an illness, injury, or birth defect; It is the interaction of the person with an impairment and the environment DISCONNECTION - Severing, by damage or surgery, of the fibers that connect two areas of the brain such that the two areas can no longer communicate; also. DISSOLUTION - According to an unproved theory, the condition whereby disease or damage in the highest levels of the brain would produce not loss of function but rather a repertory of simpler behaviors as seen in animals who have not evolved that particular brain structure.

URL: http://www.neuro.nwu.edu/meded/behavioral/lewy.html Summary: Recent neuropathological autopsy sudies reported that Lewy bodies (LB) are found in  the brainstem and cortex of 15-25% of elderly demented patients, making diffuse Lewy body disease the largest pathologic subgroup after Alheimer's disease. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one.

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About Your Results] Show Titles only  List by Web site  AMAZON.COM FIND Related Books 99% Classes offered  Summary: EPsy 5671 Braille I - Mastery of Literary Braille Code Graduate level course in literary Braille transcribing, sole responsibility, 1984-1994. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. Summary: EPsy 5671-Braille I. Description:Mastery of literary braille code: analysis of specialized equipment with emphasis on use of braille writer, slates, and computers for Grade 2 braille transcription. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one.

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Cortical Blindness: is caused by brain damage which may occur before, during or after birth or as a result of injury or disease. Eyes often look normal but visual messages to the brain are not properly interpreted or acted upon. The person may have other significant physical and/or learning difficulties. Optic atrophy and refractive errors may also be present. Strategies to help this condition include effective positioning, cutting down number of objects to reduce confusion; using colour and texture to aid visual recognition eg good illumination and high contrast material, Last Changed - 07/01/98

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Summary - Directed towards parents, this video explains the nature of cortical visual impairment and shows various ways to present visual stimulus along with play and learning activities. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. Summary: Summary - Rhymed text (crunch, munch, caterpillars lunch) presents a toddler's view of creatures found in the grass from lunchtime till nightfall, such as bees, ants, and moles. Summary: Summary - A scheme to increase the government's attention to outer space study backfires when three teenagers receive an unexpected visit from aliens. Summary: Partners Contact Us  Other Alberta Gov't Links Learning Resources Distributing Centre Alberta Education Government of Alberta MRC Loan Periods for Equipment and Resources The MRC circulation procedures have three loan periods: the school year. Summary: Summary - This manual provides a clear graphic step-by-step guide, to assist people who are introducing the Braille 'N Speak technology to visually impaired individuals.

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13, 1992, 2:45 p.m., Scotland BVISUAL DYSFUNCTION IN EARLY SENILE DEMENTIA OF THE ALZHEIMER'S TYPE (SDAT)Gary L. Trick, Ph.D., School of Optometry, University of Montreal and Department of Ophthalmology, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, Canada There is compelling evidence that visual dysfunction accompanies the development of senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type (SDAT), but the functional basis for SDAT- induced visual loss has not been established. In this study a battery of electrophysiological and psychophysical tests were used in order to more clearly characterize the nature and extent of the visual impairment associated with the development of SDAT. The patient group included 26 individuals with very mild SDAT and 13 individuals with mild-moderate SDAT. The SDAT patients exhibited significant deficits (p< 0.05) on each of the functional tests, but the nature and extent of the dysfunction varied between tests. Significant motion perception and orientation discrimination deficits were observed in both the very mild and the mild-moderate SDAT patients but the extent of the deficit was greater for the orientation discrimination (p< 0.01). Patients with mild-moderate SDAT also exhibited significant (p< 0.05) pattern ERG and VEP amplitude reductions, but similar abnormalities were not evident in the patients with very mild SDAT.

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Summary: However, visual memory is in the low normal range for both Complex Figure recall and delayed Visual Reproduction recall. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one.

Summary: Visual attributes such as color, form and motion, for example, are processed more or less simultaneously and in parallel, but in separate cortical areas. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one. More Like This: Click here to perform a search for documents like this one.

Aspirin and Ibuprofen are types of over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medications.  #25 Antigen  - A molecular protein substance such as a virus, antigens stimulate an "immune response".   #1p18 Baclofen - A prescription medication for individuals with multiple sclerosis that is recommended for spasticity of muscles.   #27 Cell - The body is made up almost entirely of many different kinds of cells. Among the most characteristic signs of cerebellar damage are the following:  #20 p112 1) Asthenia - This refers to a lack of muscular strength, either during voluntary muscle contraction or in holding posture. #20 p112 3) Fatigability - Muscles on the same side as where cerebellar damage has occurred tire more easily and have slower than normal contraction and relaxzation times, leading to slowed movements.   #1 p18 Cognition - High level functions carried out by the human brain, including: comprehension and use of speech, visual perception and construction, calculation ability, attention (information processing), memory, and executive functions such as planning, problem-solving, and self-monitoring.

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children The Division of Ophthalmology offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment of infants, children and adolescents with ocular disorders. The Division consists of board certified ophthalmologists who are fellowship trained in pediatric ophthalmology. Ocular conditions commonly seen are amblyopia, strabismus, refractive errors, nasolacrimal duct obstruction, retinopathy of prematurity, cataracts and cortical visual impairment. All the information on KidsHealth.org is for educational purposes only. The place to get specific medical advice, diagnoses and treatment is your doctor. The URL of this page is http://KidsHealth.org/ai/service/ophthalmology.html

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children The Division of Ophthalmology offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment of infants, children and adolescents with ocular disorders. The Division consists of board certified ophthalmologists who are fellowship trained in pediatric ophthalmology. Ocular conditions commonly seen are amblyopia, strabismus, refractive errors, nasolacrimal duct obstruction, retinopathy of prematurity, cataracts and cortical visual impairment. All the information on KidsHealth.org is for educational purposes only. The place to get specific medical advice, diagnoses and treatment is your doctor. The URL of this page is http://KidsHealth.org/ai/service/ophthalmology.html

e-mail: cosgrove@helix.mgh.harvard.edu INTRODUCTION In the majority of patients with epilepsy, seizures can be well controlled with appropriate medication. However, current estimates indicate that 20 - 30% of patients with epilepsy are refractory to all forms of medical therapy. (1) These medically intractable patients are candidates for surgical treatment in an attempt to achieve better seizure control. Another group of patients who might benefit are those whose seizures may be relatively well controlled but who have certain characteristic presentations or lesions that strongly suggest surgical intervention might be curative. Depth electrode investigation is generally indicated for patients with bitemporal, bifrontal of frontal temporal seizures and can localize a focal area of seizure onset not possible with scalp recordings. Lesionectomy With the advent of MRI, many patients with recurrent seizures are now discovered to have small, previously unrecognized lesions such as cavernous angiomas, low grade astrocytomas, cortical dysplasias and areas of focal atrophy that are clearly the cause of their seizures.

C.A Carson, S.E Lee, P.M Livingston, Y.L Stanislavsky, H.R Taylor Reliable Australian population-based studies of the prevalence of visual impairment and eye disease such as cataract, glaucoma, and AMD are not available. the distribution and determinants of eye disease in a representative sample of approximately 3500 Melbourne residents aged 40 years and over; 2. The major causes of visual loss in the 10% of the population with visual loss were : cataract (32%), and other disease of the retina (24%), AMD (18%), amblyopia/nystagmus (17%), glaucoma (16%), and diabetic retinopathy (4%). Marie Bissinella, Sharon Lee, Cathy Carson, Matthew Wensor, Hugh Taylor We investigated factors that may affect individual reluctance to seek treatment for visual loss due to inadequate refractive corrections in the Melbourne Visual Impairment Project, a population based study of the distribution and determinants of ocular disease in people 40 years of age and over. Univariate predictors of under corrected refractive errors in people presenting with spectacles were older age, female and lower education levels (all pThese results have implications for 1) public health education campaigns to encourage regular vision tests, and 2) patient management for individuals in these high risk groups. C. Carson, S. Lee, C. De Paola, Y. Stanislavsky, T. Livingston, and H. Taylor The association between cataract prevalence and intake of zinc, selenium and vitamins A,E,C and á-carotene was investigated in the Melbourne Visual Impairment Project, a population-based study of eye disease in a representative sample of Melbourne residents

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that the median scores for globe anesthesia are not significantly different for patients receiving local anesthesia (LA) by peribulbar block (PB) than for those receiving retrobulbar block (RB) for cataract surgery. We studied the metabolic and hormonal responses of 30 elderly patients undergoing routine cataract surgery who were allocated randomly to receive either general anaesthesia, or local anaesthesia by means of either retrobulbar or peribulbar blockade. Both forms of local anaesthesia successfully prevented the increases in circulating cortisol and glucose concentrations seen in those patients who received general anaesthesia, there being no significant differences between retrobulbar and peribulbar blockade. We present a new local anesthetic technique for ophthalmic surgery that reduces the risks associated with retrobulbar and peribulbar anesthesia. Current methods of local ocular anesthesia, including retrobulbar, peribulbar, and topical anesthesia, have distinct limitations and many possible, potentially serious complications. We developed a new technique, the medial orbital pericone local anesthetic block, that surgeons can use a secondary block when inferotemporal retrobulbar or peribulbar/periocular injection of local anesthetics results in incomplete anesthesia.

Table of Contents Voluntary and cognitive information processing during sensorimotor integration: representation in the human brain Visual processing time and control of manual aiming movements Controlling a manipulator with redundant degrees of freedom:The example of the human arm Learning of generalized motor programs and movement parameters Neuromotor control in basal ganglia and cerebellar disorders Impairment of simple and complex motor function after cortical lesions

Table of Contents Voluntary and cognitive information processing during sensorimotor integration: representation in the human brain Visual processing time and control of manual aiming movements Controlling a manipulator with redundant degrees of freedom:The example of the human arm Learning of generalized motor programs and movement parameters Neuromotor control in basal ganglia and cerebellar disorders Impairment of simple and complex motor function after cortical lesions

Table of Contents Voluntary and cognitive information processing during sensorimotor integration: representation in the human brain Visual processing time and control of manual aiming movements Controlling a manipulator with redundant degrees of freedom:The example of the human arm Learning of generalized motor programs and movement parameters Neuromotor control in basal ganglia and cerebellar disorders Impairment of simple and complex motor function after cortical lesions

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Principal Investigators : Francois de Ribaupierre, Stéphanie Clarke, Alessandro E.P. Villa Three major lines of research are pursued : (F. de Ribaupierre, S. Clarke, Y. de Ribaupierre, A. Villa, N. Nakkouch, J.F. Vallélian) The project is aiming to a better understanding of the neuronal processing taking place in the different auditory cortical fields. Furthermore axons involved in intrinsic connections vary considerably in their morphology; an axons that travels for long distances within the cortex can form several terminal arborizations at distinct locations or a single one or have very short branches all along its trajectory; some intrinsic axons travel for long distances in layer I, others travel at the interface between the cortex and white matter with abundant signs of synaptic contacts. Tracing of human visual callosal connections has lead to a new subdivision of the human occipital cortex into functionally relevant areas (Clarke and Miklossy 1990; Clarke 1993; Hadjikhani et al. We have tested non-verbal sound recognition normal subjects and in 20 patients with brain lesions documented with MRI and/or CT-scan (Clarke et al. Clarke, S. (1994) Association and intrinsic connections of human extrastriate visual cortex.

The workshop will be held on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C. Leading researchers from around the world have been invited to participate and present their latest findings on the rapidly advancing progress of merging information from MRI, EEG, fMRI , PET and MEG systems. The emphasis will be on the theme of "Modelling the Dynamics of Brain-wide Cortical Networks:", which was first explored at our workshop in Munich, in September of 1997. Held at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, the evening will feature a presentation on the Museum's Neuroanatomy Collection and will provide another opportunity for close discussion and interaction with the participants, presenters and other attendees.   http://www.sbg.ac.at/psy/people/psyphy.htm Dr.    http://www.med.nyu.edu/people/U.Ribary.html Dr. Address City State/Country Zip/Postal code Telephone FAX E-mail I plan to attend All three days The scientific sessions only (April 17-18) Only on Friday, April 17 Only on Saturday, April 18 Only the free workshop (April 19) Attendance at the Sunday workshop is free, but space is limited and priority will be given to Friday and Saturday attendees.

The onset can be in middle adult life or even earlier (Alzheimer's disease of presenile onset), but the incidence is higher in later life (Alzheimer's disease of senile onset). In cases with onset before the age of 65-70, there is the likelihood of a family history of a similar dementia, a more rapid course, and prominence of features of temporal and parietal lobe damage, including dysphasia or dyspraxia. Dementia in Alzheimer's disease may coexist with vascular dementia (to be coded F00.2), as when cerebrovascular episodes (multi-infarct phenomena) are superimposed on a clinical picture and history suggesting Alzheimer's disease. Aphasia, agraphia, alexia, and apraxia occur relatively early in the course of the dementia in most cases. As for dementia, described above, with onset before the age of 65 years, and usually with rapid progression of symptoms. Dementia in Alzheimer's disease where the clinically observable onset is after the age of 65 years and usually in the late 70s or thereafter, with a slow progression, and usually with memory impairment as the principal feature.

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Schur) Licensure and Certification: 1976 Massachusetts License Registration 1976 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Academic Appointments: 1975-1978 Instructor in Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School 1978-1984 Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School 1984-present Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Hospital Appointments: 1975-1976 Clinical Assistant in Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 1977-1980 Clinical Associate in Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 1981-1982 Assistant in Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 1986-1988 Associate Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 1989- Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Other Professional Positions and Major Visiting Appointments: 1975-1988 Visiting Neurologist, CHUV (University of Lausanne), Department of Neurology (Dr. Rabinowicz) 1979-present University of Sao Paulo, State University of (visiting) New York, (Syracuse), University of Maryland, Tokyo University, Duke University, Moffatt Cancer Center (Tampa), New York University Medical Center, Brain Tumor Center (Kansas City), Examiner American Board of Neurologic Surgeons, Duke University Medical Center Editorial Responsibilities: Editorial Board, CANCER INVESTIGATION NEUROLOGY CHRONICLE Memberships, Offices, and Committee Assignments in Professional Societies: American Academy of Neurology American Neurologic Association The New England Cancer Society Massachusetts Neurologic Society International Arts Medicine Association Brain Tumor Collaborative Group Ad Hoc Member Organ System Advisory Committee (Brain), CTEP, NIH, Advisory panel: The Association for Brain Tumor Research, Chicago, Ill. Hochberg F, Parker L, Takvorian R, Canellos GP and Zervas NT: High-dose BCNU with autologous bone marrow rescue for recurrent glioblastoma. Gabbai AA, Hochberg FH, Linggood R: High Dose methotrexate therapy of primary brain lymphoma. Hochberg, F.J., Hochberg, C.N., Meckler, R., Feorino, R.: Mononucleosis associated encephalitis-report of 28 cases and review of the literature. Hochberg, F.H., Parker, L.M., Takvorian, T., Canellos, G., and Zervas, N.T.: Recurrent glioblastoma multiforme treatment using high-dose BCNU with autologous bone marrow rescue.

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All I humbly request is that you promise to link my page to yours or pass it on if possible.   After the NICU So you've finally got the little one home. Preemie Page Discussion group for parents of preemies. Andrew's Home Page Little Andrew needs your visit Ben's Page Read his story. It will touch your heart Bissell Family Home Page Is there anything not on this amazing page? Inkan's Preemie Home Page Want to go to Sweden for bed rest?

Last modified: 8th February1998   Where are we going Dad?     There is a new page for kids with Cortical visual impairment. The Holles have sent another update. Imagine two preemies? There is a wonderful new feature about Keith.

Case Management Facilitating the access of a patient to appropriate medical, rehabilitation and support programs, and coordination of the delivery of services. This role may involve liaison with various professionals and agencies, advocacy on behalf of the patient, and arranging for purchase of services where no appropriate programs are available. Cerebellum The portion of the brain (located at the back) which helps coordinate movement. Cerebral-spinal Fluid (CSF) Liquid which fills the ventricles of the brain and surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Language and perceptions are interpreted literally so that a proverb such as "a stitch in time saves nine" cannot be readily grasped. Contrecoup Bruising of brain tissue on the side opposite where the blow was struck.

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Title: RAGNHILD KAATA Author: Havstad, Lars A. Date: 1891 Publication: (MENTOR, v.1, no.4, April 1891, pp.103-105) Description: Describes the education of Ragnhild Kaata, a deaf-blind child in Norway also see v.4, no.3, March 1894 pp.89-91. Title: VOICE FROM THE SILENCE Author: Bensel, Anna B. 1860-1927 (deaf- blind) Date: 1917 Publication: Boston: Sherman, French, 1917. Title: The Story of My Life Author: Keller, Helen (1880-1968) Date: 1951 Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton Description: The story of my life, with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy, introduction by Ralph Barton Perry Published in 1958 (revised edition). Title: A DEAF-BLIND MAN IN THE WORLD OF WORK Author: Murphey, Jack (deaf- blind) Date: 1956 Publication: (JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION, September-October 1956, pp. Date: 1960 Publication (NEW BEACON, December 25 1960, pp.314-316 Description: Jack Clemo, a deaf-blind poet and author. Title: The Impact of Usher Syndrome, type 1, on adolescent development Author: Miner, Ilene D. Publication: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 6 (1966) Date: 1966 Pages: 159-166 Publisher: Elseview Science Ireland Ltd. Description: The impact of the diagnosis of and limitations imposed by Usher Syndrome, Type 1, on adolescents is significant.

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A variety of factors, primarily the effect of putrefaction on measured blood alcohol levels, have caused some to argue that these postmortem studies do not accurately reflect the true incidence of alcohol ingestion by aviators. The statistical correlation between elevated blood alcohol levels and fatal civil general aviation accidents has prompted attempts at identifying pilot impairment during flight, simulated flight, and a variety of flight related tasks . In-flight evaluation of pilots with blood alcohol levels of 0%, 0.04%, 0.08%, and 0.12% has suggested that even quite low blood concentrations of alcohol cause significant performance decrements in flight. Another condition, called Positional Alcohol Nystagmus (PAN), also results from alcohol ingestion and also threatens flight safety . This condition may result in impairment of vision as well as spatial disorientation and has been measured 34 hours after alcohol ingestion , long after there is no measurable alcohol in the blood. Post Alcohol Impairment has been observed 14 hours after alcohol ingestion (to 0.08% and 0.1% blood alcohol concentration) in simulated flight tests .

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