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The Broca-Wernicke Doctrine: A Historical and Clinical Perspective on Localization of Language Functions
Geert-Jan Rutten
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Hardback. Num Pages: 453 pages, 64 black & white illustrations, 49 colour illustrations, 35 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book discusses theories that link functions to specific anatomical brain regions. The best known of these are the Broca and Wernicke regions, and these have become synonyms for the location of productive and receptive language functions respectively. This Broca-Wernicke model has proved to be such a powerful concept that is remains the predominant view in modern clinical practice. What is fascinating, however, is that there is little evidence for this strictly localist view on language functions. Modern neuroscience and numerous clinical observations in individual patients show that language functions are represented in complex and ever-changing neural networks. It is ... Read more
This book discusses theories that link functions to specific anatomical brain regions. The best known of these are the Broca and Wernicke regions, and these have become synonyms for the location of productive and receptive language functions respectively. This Broca-Wernicke model has proved to be such a powerful concept that is remains the predominant view in modern clinical practice. What is fascinating, however, is that there is little evidence for this strictly localist view on language functions. Modern neuroscience and numerous clinical observations in individual patients show that language functions are represented in complex and ever-changing neural networks. It is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319546322
SKU
V9783319546322
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About Geert-Jan Rutten
Geert-Jan Rutten works as a neurosurgeon at the St Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital in Tilburg (the Netherlands), where he has a special interest in brain tumour surgery and functional brain mapping. He is also involved in research that focuses on the relationship between brain, cognition and behaviour in neurosurgical patients.
Reviews for The Broca-Wernicke Doctrine: A Historical and Clinical Perspective on Localization of Language Functions
Geert-Jan Rutten's book The Broca-Wernicke Doctrine offers an extraordinary journey through language localization, symptomatology, and its history. ... After reading this book, the reader will have a broad panorama of language in neuroscience ... . A must read for each neurosurgeon interested in the field of aphasia and also in localization of brain function. (Adrien Thomas May and Karl ... Read more