The sciences of aphasia : : from therapy to theory / / edited by Ilias Papathanasiou, Ria de Bleser.

• TeilnehmendeR: Papathanasiou, Ilias,; De Bleser, Ria,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam, Netherlands : : Brill,, [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

It is now widely expected that scientific evidence and theory should be used to describe aphasia and aphasia therapy. This book provides review chapters on controversial research and clinical issues in aphasia and aphasia therapy. Contributions from distinguished scholars from all over the world (Europe, America, Australia) cover the range of disciplines involved in aphasia, including neurology of aphasia, cognitive and linguistic approaches to aphasic therapy, psychosocial approaches, aphasia research methodology, and efficacy of aphasia therapy. This book brings together contributions of all these disciplines and makes a link between theory and therapy from a scientific perspective. Each chapter offers a current review with extensive references, thus providing a useful resource for clinicians, students and researchers involved in aphasia and aphasic therapy including doctors, psychologists,linguists and speech and language therapists. The papers in this book were presented at the first European Research Conference on Aphasia.

Table of Contents

Cover ; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Prospects in the study of aphasia: The nature of the symptom and its relevance for future research.; Section 1: The neurosciences of aphasia; Chapter 2. The neurology of recovery from stroke.; Chapter 3. Evidence from basic neuroscience and human studies of pharmacologic therapy.; Chapter 4. Neuroanatomical substrates of recovery of function in aphasia: Techniques and evidence from neurophysiology.; Chapter 5. Subcortical aphasia: Evidence from stereotactic surgical lesions.

Section 2: Cognitive and psycholinguistic approaches to aphasia therapyChapter 6. Cognitive neuropsychological approaches to aphasia therapy: An overview.; Chapter 7. Lurian approach to aphasia therapy - a review.; Chapter 8. Therapy for lexical disorders.; Chapter 9. Verb retrieval problems at the word and sentence level: Localisation of the functional impairments and clinical implications.; Chapter 10. Reduced syntax therapy (REST) - a compensatory approach to agrammatism.; Section 3: Functional, pragmatic and psychosocial approaches to aphasia therapy

Chapter 11. Functional and pragmatic directions in aphasia therapy.Chapter 12. Conversation analysis and aphasia therapy.; Chapter 13. Supported self-help groups for aphasic people: Development and research.; Chapter 14. The science or sciences of aphasia?; Section 4: Methodology and efficacy in aphasia therapy research.; Chapter 15. Some psychometric issues in aphasia therapy research.; Chapter 16. Single cases, group studies and case series in aphasia therapy; Chapter 17. Efficacy of aphasia therapy, Escher, and Sisyphus.; Chapter 18. Meta-analysis in aphasia therapy.