[...]... The Concise Encyclopedia of Brain and Language gathers into one volume a selection of articles from the recently published Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (2nd Edition), the Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, the Encyclopedia of Gerontology and the Handbook of the Neuroscience of Language The articles are broadly divided into 11 topics, listed here and. .. with language An adequate contemporary understanding of xix xx Introduction brain and language is simply not possible without appropriate knowledge of the nature of memory, the nature of normal language processing and the brain correlates of normal cognitive functions Four aspects of research on brain and language that are particularly emphasized in this collection are: (1) all linguistic levels of language. .. functional and structural brain imaging of language, (2) hemispheric asymmetries and the lateralization of language, (3) disorders of language, (4) neurological symptoms and their language sequelae, (5) the auditory system, (6) testing, the assessment of language disorders, (7) the treatment and rehabilitation of persons with aphasia and cognitive disorders (8) recovery from aphasia and brain damage... interpretations of imaging language processes Thus, despite the dynamic nature of this area of brain and language research, the present selection will ground the reader in this field, in preparation for understanding new discoveries and new analytic procedures as they evolve Other highlights of this encyclopedia include extensive coverage of the lateralization of language, brain imaging and language disorders... scope of this collection of papers: (9) the principles of psycholinguistic analysis, essential for understanding language and language disorders, (10) normal brain processes that directly interact with the language system and (11) memory and memory disorders, understood since the 19th century to be inextricably bound up with language and language disorders In more detail, the first division of the Concise. .. Harciarek Sign Language, disorders of, A Okrent [2] Language Lateralization – Hemispheric Asymmetries Apraxia, Handedness and Language Laterality, O Selnes Anatomical Asymmetries Versus Variability of Language Areas of the Brain, O Selnes, H A Whitaker Brain Asymmetry, Evolution, A W Toga, K L Narr, P M Thompson, E Luders Dichotic Listening Studies of Brain Asymmetry, K Hugdahl Handedness and Cerebral... Considering the Concise Encyclopedia of Brain and Language overall, the first eight divisions successfully represent neurolinguistics as it is typically understood, providing the reader with a broad and up-to-date picture of the field The last three divisions, however, extend the coverage of brain and language to critical ancillary areas: memory, psycholinguistics and normal brain processes all of which interrelate... categorization of language disorders and the linguistic categorization of language disorders There are sixteen articles which review aphasia at the sentence and semantic levels, the word level and at the levels of phonology and speech An additional five articles deal specifically with disorders of reading, alexia, and writing, agraphia, in children and adults The fourth division of the encyclopedia reviews... remediation of language disorders in adults Division eight comprises two articles that review the problem of recovery from brain damage and functional recovery of language after stroke or trauma Division nine encompasses psycholinguistic principles for studying language and language processing, in four articles The four articles of division ten review a variety of normal processes that interact with language: ... discourse and pragmatic, (2) thorough discussion of the variety of neurological impairments and syndromes that have correlated effects on language, (3) broad discussion of psycholinguistic processing at word and sentence levels, important for a proper, modern understanding of aphasia, and, (4) a carefully selected discussion of normal brain functions that are invariably concomitant with language processing, . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRAIN AND LANGUAGE This page intentionally left blank CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRAIN AND LANGUAGE VOLUME EDITOR PROFESSOR HARRY A. WHITAKER Northern. blank INTRODUCTION The Concise Encyclopedia of Brain and Language gathers into one volume a selection of articles from the recently published Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (2nd Edition), the Encyclopedia. in 18th Century Neuroscience, Springer (2007), Handbook of the Neuroscience of Language, Elsevier (2008), and Concise Encylopedia of Brain and Language, Elsevier (2009). v This page intentionally