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1 | Introduction | 3 |
Communication in the great apes | 4 | |
Communication in early hominids | 8 | |
Methods in studying the neurology of language | 10 | |
The present investigation | 13 | |
2 | Asymmetry | 20 |
Neural asymmetry in birds | 20 | |
Asymmetry in nonhuman mammals | 21 | |
The nature of human brain asymmetry | 23 | |
Mechanisms of brain asymmetry | 24 | |
Somatic asymmetry in humans | 26 | |
3 | Noncortical Systems in Speaking | 28 |
Lower motor systems in speaking | 28 | |
Thalamus and basal ganglia systems | 31 | |
Cerebellum | 40 | |
4 | Cortical Systems in Speaking | 42 |
Evidence from stimulation | 45 | |
Evidence from ablations and lesions | 50 | |
Comparison of anterior and posterior aphasic groups | 55 | |
Subdivisions within the posterior region | 60 | |
5 | Oral Movement Control and Speech | 64 |
Reproduction of oral movements | 65 | |
Speeded articulation tasks | 67 | |
Correlations between speech and nonspeech tasks | 69 | |
Relations among oral and manual tasks | 73 | |
Comparison of temporal and parietal contributions | 74 | |
6 | Manual Praxis | 79 |
Characteristics of manual apraxia | 80 | |
Motor systems in praxic control | 82 | |
Methods of assessment | 89 | |
The nature of praxic control mechanisms | 91 | |
Types of apraxia | 100 | |
7 | Constructional Ability | 103 |
Spontaneous drawing | 104 | |
WAIS constructional tasks | 107 | |
Relation to manual apraxia | 110 | |
Relation to visuoperceptual disorders | 112 | |
8 | Manual Sign Language | 115 |
Neural mechanisms in arm and hand control | 118 | |
Manual sign language "aphasia" | 121 | |
Neuroanatomic mechanisms in signing | 125 | |
9 | Adextrality | 128 |
The present sample | 128 | |
Speech representation | 129 | |
Manual praxic function in adextrals | 132 | |
Subgroups of adextrals | 133 | |
Oral praxic function in adextrals | 135 | |
Implications for theories of left-handedness | 136 | |
10 | Sex Differences in Brain Organization | 139 |
Neuroanatomic sex differences | 139 | |
Background of studies in humans | 140 | |
Lateralization of constructional and spatial ability | 141 | |
Intrahemispheric organization | 145 | |
Functional significance of intrahemispheric organization | 157 | |
11 | Hemispheric Specialization for Semantic Processing | 160 |
Neural mechanisms in reading | 160 | |
Semantic categorization in aphasia | 163 | |
Conclusion | 174 | |
References | 177 | |
Author Index | 191 | |
Subject Index | 195 |
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