Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 300 g
Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 300 g
Reihe: Springer Series in Neuropsychology
ISBN: 978-1-4612-8347-8
Verlag: Springer
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
1 Hemispace Asymmetries.- Hemineglect: Description of a Syndrome.- Areas Affected in Hemineglect.- Possible Mechanisms of Hemineglect.- Line Bisection by Normal Subjects.- Anatomic Connectivity and Hemispace.- Kinesthetic Studies.- Visual Studies.- Finger Stimulation, Spacing, and Sequencing Tasks.- Vibrotactile Experiments.- Auditory Hemispace.- Overview and Conclusions.- 2 Lateralization of Lexical Processes in the Normal Brain: A Review of Visual Half-Field Research.- Lexical Processing Mechanisms in Simple Reading Tasks.- Prelexical Processes.- Lexical Processes.- Postlexical Processes.- Conclusions.- 3 Neuropsychology of Spatial Memory.- Temportal Lobe.- Frontal Lobe.- Posterior Neocortex.- Caudate Nucleus.- Medial Diencephalon.- Neuropharmacology.- Aging.- Summary and Conclusions.- 4 Humor and the Right Hemisphere: A Narrative Perspective.- Sensitivity to the Form of Humorous Stimuli.- Analysis of the Processes Required for Humor Comprehension.- The Roles of Joke Content and Affect in Humor Recognition.- The Relation between Humor Comprehension and Humor Production.- Comparison of Right Hemisphere-Damaged Patients’ Performances with Those of Other Populations.- Conclusion.- 5 Nonverbal Cognitive Disturbances in Aplasia.- History of Research on the Relations between Language of Cognition in Aplasia.- More Recent Trends: Methods, Theories, and Lines of Research.- Main Interpretations Advanced to Explain the Association Between Verbal and Nonverbal Cognitive Disturbances in Aplasia.- Conclusions.- Author Index.
