Anomia - Neuroanatomical and Cognitive Correlates

Zusammenfassung Anomia is the inability to access spoken names for objects! most often associated with the elderly or those with brain damage to the left hemisphere. This title offers a review of disorders of naming! a summary of relevant research data! as well as a study of advances in cognitive analysis and anatomic findings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: H. Goodglass and A. Wingfield! Word-Finding Deficits in Aphasia: Clinical Symptomatology and Brain-Behavior Relationships. Anatomical and Theoretical Considerations in Anomia: B. Gordon! Models of Naming. D. Tranel! A.R. Damasio! and A.R. Damasio! On the Neurology of Naming. Dissociations and Other Naming Phenomena: R. De Bleser! Modality-Specific Dissociations. C. Semenza! Proper-Name-Specific Aphasias. Life Span Perspectives on Anomia: Clinical and Therapeutic Considerations: P. Menyuk! Naming Disorders in Childhood. M. Nicholas! C. Barth! L.K. Obler! R. Au! and M.L. Albert! Naming in Normal Aging and Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type. N. Helm-Estabrooks! Treatment of Aphasis Naming Problems. H. Goodglass and A. Wingfield! Summary of the Volume. Author Index. Summary Index.

Product details

• Assisted by: Harold Goodglass (Editor), Harold (Boston University School of Medicine Goodglass (Editor), Arthur Wingfield (Editor), Arthur (Brandeis University Wingfield (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780122896859
• ISBN: 978-0-12-289685-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Foundations of Neuropsychology; Foundations of Neuropsychology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology