Thematic Language Stimulation - USHA
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Changing processes for<br />
functional communication?<br />
! TLS hypothesis is that you are changing the<br />
way the brain is working, by “working the brain”.<br />
Morganstein & Certner-Smith, 2011<br />
Animal studies<br />
Morganstein & Certner-Smith, 2011<br />
! Jenkins et al (1990) found<br />
expansion of distal digit<br />
representation in monkey<br />
brains after sensory training.<br />
! Kilgard and Merzenich (1998)<br />
found changes in the<br />
organization of monkey aud<br />
cortex with exposure to<br />
combination of sound<br />
exposure and administration<br />
of chemical<br />
neurotransmitters.<br />
“What goes around comes around”<br />
Morganstein & Certner-Smith, 2011<br />
! 1950’s: Schuell’s clinical<br />
neurobiology<br />
! 1960’s: Programmed<br />
instruction<br />
! 1970’s: Compensatory<br />
Techniques<br />
! 1980’s: Cognitive and<br />
Linguistic techniques<br />
! 1990’s: Social and Life<br />
Participation<br />
! 2000’s: Renewed<br />
neurobiological interest<br />
Brain Work: Neurobiological<br />
Evidence<br />
Morganstein & Certner-Smith, 2011<br />
Research in Humans: “The<br />
Community of Brain Repair”<br />
Morganstein & Certner-Smith, 2011<br />
! Constraint-induced<br />
therapy in affected upper<br />
extremities post CVA.<br />
! BWST in spinal cord<br />
injury<br />
The Next Decade: the Brain Redux<br />
Morganstein & Certner-Smith, 2011<br />
! fMRI : does therapy<br />
change the brain?<br />
! Cortical stimulation:<br />
electrocortical stim in<br />
conjunction with<br />
therapy<br />
! Neurotransmitters in<br />
conjunction with tx<br />
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