Long-Term Psychological Consequences of Cerebral Lesions

Abstract

Evidence concerning the long-term consequences of brain lesions is hard to find despite the plethora of data linking disorders of cognitive function with their presumptive anatomical background. Indeed, if the modifier of the tide were to be taken too literally, this chapter would be remarkable only for its brevity. But, if a case cannot yet be proven, at least some of the main issues can be raised and reasonable predictions of outcome can be based on the clinical and experimental work that has flourished in the past four decades. An early but exemplary review of some of this work by Piercy (1964) remains the best distillation of its theoretical and clinical implications.