Right Hemisphere and Verbal Communication (Hardcover, 1990 ed.)

This book provides a critical review of the questions as well as the data pertaining to the contribution of the right "non-dominant" hemisphere to verbal communication. Three main sources of observation are reviewed: experiments with normal subjects, with split-brain subjects, and with brain-damaged subjects. The first three chapters present (1) a historical introduction, (2) a critical review of the advantages and limits of the different methodologies used, and (3) a discussion of the contribution of the aphasia literature. Then, each subsequent chapter addresses one particular component of the possible contribution of the right hemisphere to verbal communication: lexical-semantics, written language, prosody and pragmatics. This book is intended for professionals who would like to consult a critical contemporary review of the subject. It offers a unique synthesis of nearly all the behavioral literature on the topic coming from many different, but complementary, fields such as neuropsychology, linguistics, neurology and speech sciences; it also contains a helpful bibliography. The authors open many new doors to promising research avenues in terms of both theoretical and practical questions, and offer a rapidly accessible source of information and reference.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1989
First published:	1990
Assisted by:	John Boeglin
Authors:	Yves Joanette • Pierre Goulet • Didier Hannequin
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	228
Edition:	1990 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-97101-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Neurosciences
LSN:	0-387-97101-7
Barcode:	9780387971018

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