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Changing Brains Aaron J. Newman (Dalhousie University)

Changing Brains By Aaron J. Newman (Dalhousie University)

Changing Brains by Aaron J. Newman (Dalhousie University)

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This book celebrates the pioneering work and contributions of Helen J. Neville, who conducted seminal neuroimaging work using EEG and fMRI to illustrate the role that experience plays in shaping the brain.

Changing Brains Summary

Changing Brains: Essays on Neuroplasticity in Honor of Helen J. Neville by Aaron J. Newman (Dalhousie University)

Helen Neville was a pioneer in the field of Neuroplasticity, focusing her research on deafness and contributing to an acceptance of the role that experience plays in shaping the sensory system

This book will honour her work, following her untimely death in 2018

Featuring contributions from former students, collaborators, and colleagues, the book showcases Professor Neville's legacy to the field

About Aaron J. Newman (Dalhousie University)

Aaron J. Newman is Professor at Dalhousie University, Chair of the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, and Director of the NeuroCognitive Imaging Lab. His research program in cognitive neuroscience focuses on how the brain organization for language, hearing, and vision can be altered by experience.

Giordana Grossi is Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York at New Paltz and Director of the Brain and Cognition Lab. Her empirical work, which employs both behavioral and electrophysiological measures, explores aspects of automaticity and expertise in visual word recognition in both monolinguals and bilinguals.

Table of Contents

Foreword. Being a Scientist in the Neville Tradition: Ten Things I Learned from Helen

Debra L. Mills

Introduction

Aaron J. Newman & Giordana Grossi

Interlude i: Thanks, You Guys!

Marta Kutas

Chapter 1. Development and plasticity of selective auditory attention in early childhood

Amanda Hampton Wray & Elif Isbell

Interlude ii: A Big Fat P3

Marta Kutas

Chapter 2. Allocation of auditory spatial selective attention in action video game players

Julia Foecker, Matin Mortazavi, Wayne Khoe, Steven A. Hillyard, & Daphne Bavelier

Interlude iii: Structure and Content

Marta Kutas

Chapter 3. The roles of age of acquisition, proficiency, and first language on second language processing

Annika Andersson & Aaron J. Newman

Chapter 4. Exploring the Effects of Aging on Language Abilities in Deaf Signers

David P. Corina, Lucinda O'Grady Farnady, Todd LaMarr, Svenna Pedersen, Kurt Winsler, & Laurel Lawyer

Chapter 5. Changes in occipito-temporal cortex with literacy: Electrophysiological evidence

Giordana Grossi & Elizabeth Sacchi

Chapter 6. Reading in deaf individuals: Examining the role of visual word form area

Elizabeth A. Hirshorn, Matthew W.G. Dye, Peter Hauser, Ted Supalla, & Daphne Bavelier

Interlude iv: One Less Sense Isn't Nonsense

Marta Kutas

Chapter 7. Deafness and signed language: Implications of Helen Neville's neuroplasticity research for children receiving cochlear implants

Aaron J. Newman & Mairead MacSweeney

Interlude v: Sound or Sign?

Marta Kutas

Chapter 8. Making memories last: How sleep promotes neuroplasticity

Randolph F. Helfrich & Robert T. Knight

Interlude vi: The Importance of Parenting

Marta Kutas

Chapter 9. Changing Brains for Social Justice

Eric Pakulak & Courtney Stevens

Interlude vii: A Double-Edged Sword

Marta Kutas

Chapter 10. Exploring Common Mechanisms of Brain Development and Adult Plasticity in Humans and Rodents

Michael I. Posner & Mary K. Rothbart

Additional information

NPB9780367358679
9780367358679
0367358670
Changing Brains: Essays on Neuroplasticity in Honor of Helen J. Neville by Aaron J. Newman (Dalhousie University)
Aaron J. Newman (Dalhousie University)
Psychology Press Festschrift Series
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2022-12-30
220
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