Anomia: Neuroanatomical And Cognitive Correlates; Editor: Goodglass, Harold; Editor: Wingfield, Arthur; Hardback; Book

Editor: Goodglass, Harold; Editor: Wingfield, Arthur
Hardback; Book; B&w Illustrations
232 pages
Published: June 1997
Harcourt Publishers Ltd, a subsidiary of Harcourt International Ltd
ISBN: 0122896858

Anomia is the inability to access spoken names for objects, most often associated with the elderly or those with brain damage to the left hemisphere. Anomia: Neuroanatomical and Cognitive Correlates offers the state-of-the-art review of disorders of naming, written by acknowledged experts from around the world, approached from both clinical and theoretical viewpoints. Goodglass, known around the world for his research in aphasia and speech pathology, edits this first book devoted exclusively to naming and its disorders. Wingfield is known for his classic studies of lexical processing in aphasic and normal speakers. The book includes comprehensive literature reviews, a summary of relevant research data, as well as a study of recent advances in cognitive analysis and anatomic findiOffering a review of the disorders of naming, this text includes comprehensive literature reviews, a summary of relevant research data, as well as a study of recent advances in cognitive analysis and anatomical findings. Approaches from both a clinical and theoretical viewpoint are included.