Cognition and acquired language disorders : an information processing approach /

This new graduate level textbook, Cognition and Acquired Language Disorders: An Information Processing Approach, addresses the cognitive aspects of language and communication. It assembles the most recent information on this topic, addressing normal cognitive processing for language in adults, the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peach, Richard K.
Other Authors: Shapiro, Lewis P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Louis : Elsevier Mosby, [2012]
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Table of Contents:
  • The cognition of language and communication / G. Albyn Davis
  • The effects of aging on language and communication / Susan Kemper
  • Neuropathologies underlying acquired language disorders / Liana S. Rosenthal and Argye E. Hillis
  • Attention: architecture and process / Thomas H. Carr and Jacqueline J. Hinckley
  • The role of memory in language and communication / Julie A. Van Dyke
  • Linguistic and psycholinguistic foundations / Josée Poirier and Lewis P. Shapiro
  • The executive functions in language and communication / Alfredo Ardila
  • Language and communication disorders associated with attention deficits / Bruce Crosson and Matthew L. Cohen
  • Memory disorders and impaired language and communication / Randi Martin and L. Robert Slevc
  • Language processing disorders / Tracy Love and Kathleen Brumm
  • Communication following executive dysfunction / Michael Cannizzaro and Carl Coelho
  • Management of acquired language disorders associated with attentional impairment / Richard K. Peach
  • Management of communication deficits associated with memory disorders / Nadine Martin
  • Treating communication problems in individuals with disordered language / Swathi Kiran and Chaleece Sandberg
  • Clinical approaches to communication impairments due to executive dysfunction / Leanne Togher.