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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019102203321

Titolo

Ciba Foundation Symposium : disorders of language / / edited by A.V.S. de Reuck and Maeve O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1964

ISBN

9780470715321

0470715324

9780470715000

0470715006

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium

Altri autori (Persone)

De ReuckAnthony V. S

O'ConnorMaeve

Disciplina

616.855082

Soggetti

Speech disorders

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

DISORDERS OF LANGUAGE; Preface; Contents; Chairman's introductory remarks; Statement of the problem; Discussion; Towards a linguistic typology of aphasic impairments; Discussion; Application of the word-frequency concept to aphasia; Discussion; Perceptual and response factors in the organization of speech; Discussion; Hesitation, information, and levels of speech production; Discussion; General Discussion; Principles of classification and their influence on our concepts of aphasia; Discussion; Factors and forms of aphasia; Discussion; Non-verbal communication in aphasia; Discussion

Temporal pattern discrimination in lower animals and its relation to language perception in man Discussion; Observations on cerebral dominance; Discussion; Localization of symptoms in aphasia; Discussion; General Discussion; Intelligence in aphasia; Discussion; Speech disorders and mental disorders; Discussion; Edition of text from a dysphasic patient; Discussion; Group Discussion; Chairman's concluding remarks; Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and



medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.