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NeuronUP. Web platform of cognitive rehabilitation
When we are told about Down syndrome, we immediately think of the face of a child or young person we know who has the typical features of this trisomy. However, it is increasingly common to meet adults with Down syndrome. Today we can say that the life expectancy of a person with Down syndrome in our …
Cognitive stimulation involves a range of activities aimed at maintaining or improving cognitive function. It targets cognitive domains such as orientation, attention, memory, language, executive functions, gnosis, praxis, visuospatial skills, social cognition, etc. Cognitive stimulation goals Its primary goal is to slow down cognitive decline and maintain preserved skills. Who needs cognitive stimulation activities? Cognitive stimulation is …
The effect of intensive therapies on the recovery of people from brain injury has been studied with increasing frequency in recent years. The results of these studies are starting to show the enormous potential of intensive therapies in the recovery of patients, beyond what had been accomplished to date through other types of treatment. Dr. Edward Taub …
We present 12 effective neurorehabilitation activities to treat neurological diseases. What is neurorehabilitation? Neurorehabilitation consists of a set of well-designed and planned activities and strategies aimed at recovering, compensating or slowing down the deterioration of certain affected functions following brain damage. After any brain injury or alteration there are important transformations in life. Changes appear …
Cognition or cognitive functions are mental processes that allow us to receive, process and elaborate information. They allow individuals to have an active role in the processes of interaction, perception, and comprehension of the environment, which in turn enables them to navigate the world around them.
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that is caused by an unknown virus or antigen. In this case, our body’s immune system attacks myelin, which is a substance that envelops nerve fibers, allowing the transmission of nerve impulses at an adequate speed, which results in poor communication between neurons and causes various symptoms described below.
When I was little, my classmates and I activitely participated in the Book It! program (the promise of free personal sized pizzas helped!) and the teacher made us give a little synopsis of the book after finishing. There is no doubt that it is a very practical exercise and it helped me to strengthen my …
Language is one of the main cognitive functions that allows us to produce, communicate, and understand ideas through sounds, symbols and/or gestures. In other owrds, language is ‘the result of a complex nervous activity that allows individuals to communicate mental states by the production of multi-modal signs that symbolise these states in accordance with a linguistic community´s own convention’ (Lecours et al., 1979).
Thanks to which cognitive function are we capable of interpreting other people’s emotions? Can you identify the function responsible for understanding what others might think in certain situations? Or do you know why we behave in a socially appropriate manner in certain circumstances? We can do all this thanks to social cognition. Today, we introduce different …
