The Handbook of the Neuropsychology of Language

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4443-3040-3
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 1072 Seiten, Format (B × H): 177 mm x 256 mm, Gewicht: 1882 g

Reihe: Blackwell Handbooks of Behavioral Neuroscience

This handbook provides a comprehensive review of new developments in the study of the relationship between the brain and language, from the perspectives of both basic research and clinical neuroscience.
* Includes contributions from an international team of leading figures in brain-language research
* Features a novel emphasis on state-of-the-art methodologies and their application to the central questions in the brain-language relationship
* Incorporates research on all parts of language, from syntax and semantics to spoken and written language
* Covers a wide range of issues, including basic level and high level linguistic functions, individual differences, and neurologically intact and different clinical populations

Autoren/Hrsg.

Faust, Miriam

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sprachpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Language Processing in the Brain: Basic Science

Part I: Language and hemispheres: From single word recognition to discourse

Part II: Computational Modeling of Language

Part III: Neural correlates of language production and comprehension

Part IV: Coping with higher level processing: The brain behind figurative and creative language

Part V: The Multilingual Brain

Volume 2: Language Processing in the Brain: Clinical Populations

Part I: Neuropsychology of Language: Methods and Paradigms

Part II: Neuropsychology of Language: Language loss

Part III: Neuropsychology of Language: Developmental language disorders

Über Autor(innen)

Miriam Faust is Professor of Psychology at Bar Ilan University and head of the Brain and Language Laboratory, Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University. She is a member of the editorial board for Brain and Language.