Understanding Aphasia

• Author(s): Harold Goodglass,
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Pages: 297
• ISBN_10: 0122900405
  ISBN_13: 9780122900402
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics / General , Medical / Audiology & Speech Pathology , Medical / Neurology , Medical / Neuroscience , Medical / Mental Health , Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition , Psychology / Neuropsychology , Psychology / Physiological Psychology , Science / Life Sciences / Neuroscience ,

Description:... This is a comprehensive, interpretive account of aphasia written to appeal to a broad audience. It combines historical, anatomic, and psychological approaches toward understanding the nature of aphasia. Included is a discussion of the brain-language relationship, the symptoms and syndromes common to aphasia, and alternative approaches to classification.

• Integrates phenomenology of aphasic symptoms with the anatomy of language and current theories of brain-language relations
• Traces history of aphasic theory, from pre-Broca to contemporary theory
• Provides detailed review of manifestations of aphasia in every language modality
• Contains critical analysis of neurolinguistic inter-relations