Language and epilepsy / / Yvan Lebrun and Franco Fabbro

• Autore: Lebrun Yvan
• Pubblicazione: London, : Whurr, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (142 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.853
• Soggetto topico: Epilepsy; Language disorders
• Altri autori: FabbroF
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Language and Epilepsy; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 The lexicon of epilepsy; Chapter 2 The names of epilepsy; Chapter 3 Ictal verbal behaviour; Chapter 4 Language-induced reflex epilepsy; Chapter 5 Stuttering and epilepsy; Chapter 6 Inter-ictal verbal behaviour; Chapter 7 Epilepsy and literary production; Chapter 8 The effect on language of surgery for intractable epilepsy; Chapter 9 Verbal behaviour during hemispheric anaesthetization and cortical electrostimulation; Chapter 10 Remediation of verbal disorders associated with epilepsy; Chapter 11 Conclusions; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: There are numerous books dealing with epilepsy but none of them is entirely devoted to the manifold relationships between language and epilepsy. The present monograph focuses on the verbal shortcomings, disorders, deviances, and peculiarities which may be observed in patients with epilepsy, and endeavors to uncover the links between the observed linguistic features and the disturbance of bio-electrical activity that characterizes epilepsy. It describes the many verbal impairments and involuntary verbal behaviours which may occur during epileptic seizures, depicts the various types of language-
• Titolo autorizzato: Language and epilepsy
• ISBN: 0-470-05991-5; 9786612342561; 0-470-69859-4; 1-282-34256-8; 0-470-69919-1; 0-585-48540-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910876519503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II