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Alcohol consumption is one of the most common forms of substance use worldwide, with profound neuropsychological implications. In this article, psychologist Rafael A. Salas Muriel explains, from a neuropsychological perspective, what alcohol is, its effects on the brain, the risks associated with its consumption, and how neuropsychological assessment and intervention can contribute to the treatment …
In this post, the psychologist and international expert on Alzheimer’s and other dementias, Cristian Francisco Liébanas Vega, talks about prematurity and neuropsychological rehabilitation in premature babies. Prematurity is a serious problem for both the newborn (NB) and their family, as it is associated with high morbidity at birth and a high risk of future disabilities. …
In this post, psychologist Cristian Francisco Liébanas Vega talks about the intraoperative brain mapping technique and its contributions to disease diagnosis. Intraoperative brain mapping is a specialized technique used during brain surgery to optimize the balance between tumor removal and preservation of important brain functions. This technique is mainly used in patients with tumors or …
María J. García-Rubio, PhD in clinical health psychology, together with Nancy Navarro, specialist in clinical neuropsychology and major cognitive disorder, explain in this article dementia and its neuropsychological assessment through the GDS scale. This article aims to describe dementia from a neuroanatomical and psychobiological perspective in order to justify the application of the GDS scale …
Neuropsychology occupies a prominent place among the sciences related to education. According to Portellano (2014) it not only helps in the diagnosis but also in the rehabilitation and enhancement of cognitive and emotional functions. Therefore, it is very important to take into account the neuropsychological development and maturity of executive functions in our students to …
Literacy is the key that opens a new world of learning in childhood. In this great leap, dyslexia acts as an anchor that prevents progress. Fortunately, neuropsychological stimulation in dyslexia allows children to “unwind”, learn and overcome dyslexia. But in recent months, as psychologists, we have faced an unexpected problem: How to continue the interventions …
Imagine that no one speaks to you directly, but that they talk about you and your problems in your presence, that the people around you always interrupt your attempts to do something and do it for you, that they don’t let you make any decisions, that no one asks you what you prefer to do, …
The importance of emotional regulation The neuropsychologist’s work, by its nature, is imbued with affectivity. Although the main objective of the interventions is to improve the cognitive functioning of patients, their emotions are present at all times. The following lines will serve to introduce us to the fundamental concepts of the study of emotional regulation …
Currently, there is an increase in emotional and behavioral alterations in childhood and adolescence (Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental Honorio Delgado- Hideyo Noguchi [INSM HD-HN], 2012), which can be described and explained depending on their etiology, symptomatology and dysfunctionality in childhood and adolescent disorders, among which are neurodevelopmental disorders. Childhood and adolescent disorders have different …
