THULBORN

• WHO CARRIED OUT RESEARCH ON FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY?

  Thulborn et al, Chollet et al, Tajiri et al
• WHAT DID THULBORN DO?

  case studies of men with aphasia using brain scans
• SPECIFIC CASE STUDY OF THULBORN?

  34 year old man with left hemisphere dominance for language before operation

  • operation caused damage to temporal lobe in left hemisphere
  • caused Wernicke's aphasia
  • language comprehension slowly improved over 9 months
  • brain scans showed language activation shifted to right hemisphere
• EVALUATION OF THULBORN'S RESEARCH?

  • case study
  • difficult to generalise to wider population
  • each brain damage and recovery is unique
  • many things affect extent of recovery (age/ education/ gender/ therapy)
  • results cannot be applied to all cases