Neuromotor Mechanisms in Human Communication
Series: Oxford Psychology Series; 20;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 2 December 1993
- ISBN 9780195054927
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages208 pages
- Size 156x234x12 mm
- Weight 467 g
- Language English
- Illustrations black and white photographs, line drawings and tables 0
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Short description:
This book deals with brain mechanisms in human communicative behaviour, from a broadly biological point of view. Particular attention is paid to the control mechanisms of the oral, manual, and brachial movements which form the basics of our communication systems, and the way in which these interface with auditory and visual systems. Individual differences in brain organization for communications are also reviewed, including those related to hand preference and sex. The emphasis throughout is on how such findings contribute to understanding normal brain mechanisms.
MoreLong description:
Based upon two decades of research with patients who have experienced pathology in one hemisphere of the brain, this book deals with brain mechanisms in human communicative behaviour, and with related motor functions from a broadly biological point of view. The work discusses the possible evolutionary origins of human communication, the relation of brain mechanisms in communicative behaviour to analogous nonhuman behaviors, and the neural systems involved in various levels and kinds of communication. Noncommunicative mechanisms which parallel those used in communication are also outlined in detail. Individual differences in brain organization for some functions are also explored.
Much new data is presented along with the theoretical treatment of human communication which emphasizes a behavioral rather than a linguistic approach. The work will interest psycholinguists, cognitive psychologists, neurologists, clinical neuropsychologists, speech pathologists, and advanced students in these fields.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Asymmetry
Noncortical systems in speaking
Cortical systems in speaking
Oral movement control and speech
Manual praxis
Constructional ability
Manual sign language
Adextrality
Sex differences in brain organization
Hemispheric specialization for semantic processing
Conclusion
References
Index