Memory and Brain Injury
Jose Leon-Carrion
University of Seville, Spain
Syllabus:
1. Introduction: memory and brain injury.
2. The Combined Method (TCM) for treatment of neurological memory
disorders.
2.1 The pharmacology
of memory
2.2 Neuropsychological
assessment of memory oriented to rehabilitation of memory disorders.
2.2 The Neuropsychological
Principles of the Combined Method
2.3 The Pharmacological
Principles of the Combined Method
3. The rationale of the Combined Method.
4. Prognosis and Course of Memory Deficits using the TCM.
5. Timing for recovery using the TCM.
6. Neuropharmacology for amnesic patients.
7. Intervention for declines in memory functioning in
older people.
8. Intervention with children.
9. Intervention for executive dysfunction of memory.
10. Concluding Remarks
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