Issue Information

Continuing from Vol. 4, No. 4, the current issue presents further contributions to a special collection on single case studies, a currently underrated approach that can nevertheless provide valuable testing of received theories, leading at times to their reevaluation and to new hypotheses. A review is presented of case studies that have yielded insights into the functional organization of the visual brain and thereby proved significant contributions to the neuroscience of vision. This is followed by a comparison of group data and those for a single patient in the study of writing disorders in Wernicke's agraphia, which shows how analysis of a single case can reveal contradictions which lie latent in data that is averaged for a group. An examination of conversion syndrome uses a single case to illustrate the benefits of a holistic approach, which merges the biological, psychological, and social characteristics relevant to causality, in designing effective treatment. A comparison of four patients with schizophrenia illustrates some of the heterogeneity and incoherence between deficits in social cognition and neurocognition which influence the social outcomes in particular cases. A special report on the success of a program of neurorehabilitation treatment in a case of severely traumatic brain injury closes out the contributions in the current issue's collection on single case studies. Two regular contributions rounding out the issue are an experimental study of the use of micro‐counseling dialogues to promote insight, and a look at the benefits and possible long‐term effects of Tai Chi Chuan practice on the autonomic nervous system among elderly adults. The issue closes with a brief introduction of our newly selected Editors‐in‐Chief.