Neuromotor Mechanisms in Human Communication

Doreen Kimura

Neuromotor Mechanisms in Human Communication

Doreen Kimura

ISBN:

9780195054927

Binding:

Hardback

Published:

6 May 1993

Availability:

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Series:

Oxford Psychology Series

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$424.99 NZD

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Description

This book deals with brain mechanisms in human communicative behavior and with related motor functions from a broadly biological point of view.

Contents

1: Introduction
2: Asymmetry
3: Noncortical Systems in Speaking
4: Cortical Systems in Speaking
5: Oral Movement Control and Speech
6: Manual Praxis
7: Constructional Ability
8: Manual Sign Language
9: Adextrality
10: Sex Differences in Brain Organization
11: Hemispheric Specialization for Semantic Processing

Authors

Doreen Kimura , Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Reviews

"Kimura is to be commended for recruiting a variety of converging data to address this controversial question."--Contemporary Psychology

"Kimura is to be commended for recruiting a variety of converging data to address this controversial question."--Contemporary Psychology