Milestones in the history of aphasia : theories and protagonists / Juergen Tesak and Chris Code.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tesak, Jürgen.

Contributor:

Code, Christopher, 1942-

Series:

Brain damage, behaviour, and cognition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aphasia--History.

Aphasia.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hove ; New York : Psychology Press, 2008.

Summary:

Milestones in the History of Aphasia surveys the history of aphasia from its earliest mentions in ancient times, to the turn of the new millennium in 2000. The book takes a predominantly chronological approach starting with an examination of the earliest medical documents and medieval attempts to understand aphasia, to the momentous events of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, up to the development of modern cognitive neuroscience in recent years. It traces the development of theory about and understanding of aphasia, and the role of significant individuals in this history. The result is a well illustrated introduction to the main events and personalities in the rich history of aphasia.

This accessible book provides a unique insight into the fascinating development of research in aphasia. It will be of great interest to undergraduates and postgraduates, researchers, teachers and clinicians in psychology, speech and language pathology and therapy, neurology and linguistics.

Contents:

The older history of aphasia

Aphasia in antiquity and the Middle Ages

From the Renaissance to the eighteenth century

The nineteenth century until 1880: the birth of a science

Wernicke and the later nineteenth century

The twentieth century until the Second World War

From the Second World War to Geschwind: neoclassicism and the return to localisation

Aphasiology to the millennium

The rise of linguistic aphasiology

Cognitive neuropsychology of language and the rise of cognitive neuroscience

Broca's aphasia and Broca's area: the journey from 1861 to 2005

Beyond the left peri-Sylvian language area.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-278) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781841695136

1841695130

OCLC:

165957752