Aphasia and language : theory to practice
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Aphasia and language : theory to practice
（The science and practice of neuropsychology series）
Guilford Press, c2000
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Aphasia, a devastating disorder resulting from stroke, degenerative disease, or traumatic brain injury, profoundly affects the individual's ability to use and understand language. This groundbreaking work brings together an array of leading scientist-practitioners to review what is known about aphasia and to relate current knowledge to treatment. Integrating traditional linguistic formulations with new insights derived from cognitive neuroscience, the volume explores the neuropsychological bases of both normal and pathologic language. Chapters address the major domains of language impairment in aphasia and also consider such related disorders as apraxia of speech, alexia, agraphia, and limb apraxia. Major principles of rehabilitation are described and evaluated, and the treatment literature is reviewed in depth. Throughout, the volume reflects a sophisticated understanding of brain structure and function based on new developments in connectionist modeling and functional neuroimaging.
Table of Contents
I. Beginnings
1. Aphasia: A Historical Perspective, Heidi L. Roth and Kenneth M. Heilman
II. Dimensions of Language Dysfunction
2. Fluency, Margaret L. Greenwald, Stephen E. Nadeau, and Leslie J. Gonzalez Rothi
3. Phonology, Stephen E. Nadeau
4. Disorders of Word Retrieval in Aphasia: Theories and Potential Applications, Carolyn E. Wilshire and H. Branch Coslett
5. The Semantic System, Anastasia M. Raymer and Leslie J. Gonzalez Rothi
6. Grammar and Agrammatism, Anjan Chatterjee and Lynn Maher
III. Behavioral Disorders Associated with Aphasia
7. The Acquired Dyslexias, Margaret L. Greenwald
8. Agraphia, Steven Z. Rapcsak and Pelagie M. Beeson
9. Apraxia of Speech: A Treatable Disorder of Motor Planning and Programming, Malcolm R. McNeil, Patrick J. Doyle, and Julie Wambaugh
10. Limb Apraxia, Cynthia Ochipa and Leslie J. Gonzalez Rothi
11. Language Use, Lee Xenakis Blonder
IV. Emerging Alternative Approaches
12. Connectionist Models and Language, Stephen E. Nadeau
13. Attention, Resource Allocation, and Language, Ira Fischler
14. Systems That Support Language Processes: Attention, Bruce Crosson
15. Systems That Support Language Processes: Verbal Working Memory, Bruce Crosson
V. Practical Considerations
16. Single-Subject Experimental Designs in Aphasia, Kevin P. Kearns
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