Allen Richard Selzer

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following peripheral and central nervous system lesions challenges therapists to not only understand the nature and extent of the change, but the conditions under which the recovery can be maximized and the mechanisms underlying. This challenge requires input from basic sciences and rehabilitation fields. Integration of these fields will provide direction for the development and testing of scie...

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under the rubric of “executive function” a wide range of cognitive processes such as focused and sustained attention, fluency and flexibility of thought in the generation of solutions to novel problems, and planning and regulating adaptive and goal directed behavior (Luria, 1966; Hecaen and Albert, 1978; Lezak, 1995). As evident by the wide scope of these processes, executive function has been ...

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Imagine the following scenario. Stuck in traffic, you have your digital agent make contact with the secretary at the Rehabilitation Center via your wireless palmtop. You are immediately provided with a verbal listing of your daily schedule. It is clear that you will have a tight timetable, and already anticipate a hectic day filled with clinical rounds, research meetings and an afternoon lectur...

Remembering Richard [Obituary, Richard A.Newton]

Allen Schick

During the past decade New Zealand has introduced far-reaching reforms in the structure and operation of government departments and agencies. This model has attracted interest in developing countries because it promises significant gains in operational efficiency. But developing countries, which are dominated by informal markets, are risky candidates for applying the New Zealand model. The auth...