Right Hemisphere and Verbal Communication / Edition 1

by Yves Joanette, Pierre Goulet, Didier Hannequin

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387971018
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	11/22/1989
Edition description:	1990
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.69(d)

Table of Contents

I The Question.- 2 Methodological and Conceptual Limitations.- 3 Aphasia and the Right Hemisphere.- 4 The Contribution of the Right Hemisphere to Lexical Semantics.- 5 Right Hemisphere and Written Language: The “Deep Dyslexia” Case.- 6 Prosodic Aspects of Speech.- 7 Pragmatics.- Conclusion.- References.- Author Index.

Editorial Reviews

A critical review of the issues and facts relating to the contribution of the right hemisphere of the brain to verbal communication, delineating the nonabsolute nature of the dominance of the left hemisphere. Revives and examines the opinions of earlier neurologists, and discusses methodological and conceptual limitations, aphasia, lexical semantics, the written language, prosodic aspects of speech, and pragmatics. Translated from the French, but most of the great many references listed are in English. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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