Aphasia : symptoms, diagnosis and treatment / Grigore Ibanescu and Serafim Pescariu, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ibanescu, Grigore.

Pescariu, Serafim.

Series:

Language and linguistics series.

Language and linguistics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aphasia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title examines the role of the right hemisphere for language processing and successful therapeutic interventions in aphasic patients. Furthermore, new findings for the understanding of neural processes involved in the recovery of language functions in aphasic subjects are discussed.

Contents:

Preface

investigating grammatical word class distinctions in bilingual aphasic individuals / Maria Kambanaros

The Role of the Right Hemisphere in Language Processing in Aphasic Patients / Thomas Straube

Category and Letter Fluency in Primary Progressive Aphasia, Semantic Dementia, and Alzheimer's Disease / Cecile A. Marczinski

Real-time Comprehension in Agrammatic Aphasia / Petra B. Schumacher

Synthetic Expressions Do Not Standby / Dieter G. Hillert

Lateralizing Value of Postictal Perseveration in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy / Andras Fogarasi

Assessment and treatment of bilingual aphasia and bilingual anomia / Patricia M. Roberts & Swathi Kiran

Considerations for an Ethnopsycholinguistic Framework for Aphasia Intervention with Bilingual Speakers / José Centeno

Imaging Poststroke Aphasia / A. Hillis

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61761-448-3

OCLC:

923661739