Abstract seeks to correct an imbalance in the traditional view of language deficits associated
with brain damage/describes how communication ability requires the contribution of the right …

The Right Hemisphere and Disorders of Cognition and Communication: Theory and Clinical
Practice provides a comprehensive review of right hemisphere cognitive and communication …

This chapter discusses our current knowledge about the disorders associated with right
hemisphere brain damage (RHD), and our best existing assessment and treatment methods …

Right brain damages can manifest deficits of communicative skills, which sometimes cause
an important inability. The communication impairments following a right hemisphere …

The importance of the left hemisphere of the brain for language processing and control of
speech was first established by 19thcentury neurologists, who investigated the correlation …

Historically the study of neurologically based adult language disorders has focused on
aphasia, which in most individuals is a consequence of damage to the language-dominant …

DURING THE last 150 years an enormous amount of information has been collected about
the way language is processed by the brain. The bulk of this information has been obtained …

Reviews inconsistencies and misrepresentations in MS Gazzaniga's (see record 1984-
07149-001) analysis of 3 series of patients who underwent brain bisection. The inaccuracies …

Nature and assessment of right hemisphere disorders Page 371 OBJECTIVES The reader will
be able to: 1. Define coarse semantic coding and identify two communicative forms or functions …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the right hemisphere's (RH) contribution to
language. The present evidence for RH language processing, when the left hemisphere …