NeuronUP
NeuronUP. Web platform of cognitive rehabilitation
Patients of the State Reference Center for Brain Injury Care give us their opinion on NeuronUP. “Seems to be made for me” (comment made by a former user from CEADAC who attended the NeuronUP presentation). This past Friday, we had the pleasure of presenting our platform at the Spanish National Reference Center for Brain Injury …
The neuropsychology specialist María Teresa explains in this article what is traumatic brain injury and its neuropsychological rehabilitation in executive functions. What are Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)? It is defined as an alteration in brain functioning caused by an external force (Menon, Schwab, Wright, and Maas, 2010). Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are a critical public …
The neuropsychopedagogue Juan Carlos Cancelado Rey explains in this article the neuropsychology of aphasias from a processing model, focusing on the definition, characteristics, symptoms, and affected processes of Broca’s aphasia and Wernicke’s aphasia. Neuropsychology of aphasias from a processing model: “I never thought that speaking would be so difficult” – Broca, “What’s wrong with them, …
The performance of neurorehabilitation activities that require the involvement of different processes allows a more comprehensive and realistic approach to how our brain works and how it recovers after suffering brain damage. Nowadays, new technologies allow us to perform these integrated tasks in an effective and motivating way for patients. As a result, we promote …
Cognitive rehabilitation can be defined as the set of procedures applied to improve various abilities and skills such as attention, memory, language or executive functions among others. The aim is to promote greater functional independence in a wide variety of daily life situations (Wood, 1994). In this article we focus on the neuropsychological rehabilitation of …
(The present document “Cognitive motor training: use of dual tasks, virtual and augmented reality” is based on a free translation of the document entitled “Walking and balance training based on virtual and augmented reality” (1) with contributions by the author José López Sánchez, based on his clinical experience and other published scientific studies on the …
Today, the occupational therapist Ángel Sánchez, after explaining in an earlier post the goals and functions of occupational therapy, addresses the role of occupational therapy in patients with acquired brain injury. Occupational therapyis the use of purposeful activity or interventions designed to achieve functional outcomes which promote health, prevent injury or disability and which develop, improve or …
The Fundación DACER presents Popi&Pepa, an audiovisual animated series aimed at children who are hospitalized as a result ofa brain injury. The series can be viewed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KghtgfcYeg. The audio is in Spanish but you can enable subtitles in English or other languages. The series for kids with brain injury is based on the …
Over the past two decades, motor learning has been defined in many ways. While motor control focuses on understanding the control of movement already acquired, motor learning is comprised of a group of abstract ideas about how movement is acquired and/or modified, while offering a temporal perspective focused on the characteristics of the learning process. …
