The Paradoxical Brain

The Paradoxical Brain focuses on a range of phenomena in clinical and cognitive neuroscience that are counterintuitive and go against the grain of established thinking. The book covers a wide range of topics by leading researchers, including: • Superior performance after brain lesions or sensory loss • Return to normal function after a second brain lesion in neurological conditions • Paradoxical phenomena associated with human development • Examples where having one disease appears to prevent the occurrence of another disease • Situations where drugs with adverse effects on brain functioning may have beneficial effects in certain situations A better understanding of these interactions will lead to a better understanding of brain function and to the introduction of new therapeutic strategies. The book will be of interest to those working at the interface of brain and behaviour, including neuropsychologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and neuroscientists.

About the Author

Narinder Kapur is Visiting Professor of Neuropsychology at University College London and Honorary Professor of Neuropsychology, University of Southampton. He was formerly Head of the Neuropsychology Department, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

Alvaro Pascual-Leone is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Berenson–Allen Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA.

Vilayanur Ramachandran is Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of San Diego, California and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute, San Diego, USA.

Jonathan Cole is Honorary Senior Lecturer in Clinical Neurosciences, University of Southampton and Professor, University of Bournemouth, UK.

Sergio Della Sala is Professor of Human Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Tom Manly is a researcher for the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK.

Andrew Mayes is Professor, Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.

Oliver Sacks is Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, USA.