Title: Neuromotor mechanisms in human communication /
Authors: Kimura, Doreen.
Publisher: Oxford University Press ; Clarendon Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics.; Communicative disorders Pathophysiology.; Efferent pathways.; Brain physiology; Communication; Psychomotor Performance physiology
Contents: 1. Introduction -- Communication in the great apes -- Communication in early hominids -- Methods in studying the neurology of language -- The present investigation -- 2. Asymmetry -- Neural asymmetry in birds -- Asymmetry in nonhuman mammals -- The nature of human brain asymmetry -- Mechanisms of brain asymmetry -- Somatic asymmetry in humans -- 3. Noncortical Systems in Speaking -- Lower motor systems in speaking -- Thalamus and basal ganglia systems -- Cerebellum -- 4. Cortical Systems in Speaking -- Evidence from stimulation -- Evidence from ablations and lesions -- Comparison of anterior and posterior aphasic groups -- Subdivisions within the posterior region -- 5. Oral Movement Control and Speech -- Reproduction of oral movements -- Speeded articulation tasks -- Correlations between speech and nonspeech tasks -- Relations among oral and manual tasks -- Comparison of temporal and parietal contributions -- 6. Manual Praxis -- Characteristics of manual apraxia --^