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Speech and Language

Birkhäuser

Authors:

  1. Doreen Kimura

    1. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

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Part of the book series: Readings from the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (REN)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Evolution

    1. Primates

      • S. L. Washburn
      Pages 1-3

    2. Brain Size

      • Harry J. Jerison
      Pages 4-6

    3. Language, Nonhuman

      • David Premack
      Pages 7-8

    4. Language Evolution

      • Uwe Jürgens
      Pages 9-10

  3. Asymmetry in the Nervous System

    1. Brain Asymmetry, Functional Aspects

      • Sandra F. Witelson
      Pages 14-18

    2. Handedness

      • Marcel Kinsbourne
      Pages 19-20

    3. Sex Differences, Human Brain Organization

      • Doreen Kimura
      Pages 21-22

    4. Birdsong

      • Fernando Nottebohm
      Pages 23-26

  4. Language Mechanisms

    1. Language, Neurology of

      • George A. Ojemann
      Pages 27-29

    2. Speech Movement Disorders

      • James H. Abbs
      Pages 30-31

    3. Language, Gestural

      • Doreen Kimura
      Pages 32-33

    5. Aphasia, Acquired

      • Edgar B. Zurif
      Pages 36-38

    6. Speech, Motor Control

      • Peter F. MacNeilage
      Pages 39-40

  5. Development

    2. Language Mechanisms in the Brain, Development

      • Colwyn Trevarthen
      Pages 42-44

    3. Language after Damage to the Immature Brain

      • Maureen Dennis
      Pages 45-47

    4. Speech Development

      • Michael Studdert-Kennedy
      Pages 48-49
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  • Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

    Doreen Kimura

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