Right Hemisphere and Verbal Communication

di Yves Joanette (Autore)

Pierre Goulet (Autore)

Didier Hannequin (Autore)

Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1989

This book provides a critical review of the questions as well as the data pertaining to the contribution of the right "non-dominant" hemisphere to verbal communication. Three main sources of observation are reviewed: experiments with normal subjects, with split-brain subjects, and with brain-damaged subjects. The first three chapters present (1) a historical introduction, (2) a critical review of the advantages and limits of the different methodologies used, and (3) a discussion of the contribution of the aphasia literature. Then, each subsequent chapter addresses one particular component of the possible contribution of the right hemisphere to verbal communication: lexical-semantics, written language, prosody and pragmatics. This book is intended for professionals who would like to consult a critical contemporary review of the subject. It offers a unique synthesis of nearly all the behavioral literature on the topic coming from many different, but complementary, fields such as neuropsychology, linguistics, neurology and speech sciences; it also contains a helpful bibliography. The authors open many new doors to promising research avenues in terms of both theoretical and practical questions, and offer a rapidly accessible source of information and reference.

• Autore: Yves Joanette, Pierre Goulet, Didier Hannequin
• Editore: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Anno: 1989
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 228 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• EAN: 9780387971018

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