Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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1007141
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b761511
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Main Entry
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Kimura, Doreen.
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Title & Author
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Neuromotor mechanisms in human communication /\ Doreen Kimura.
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Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press ;Oxford [England] :: Clarendon Press,, 1993.
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Series Statement
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Oxford psychology series ;; no. 20
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Page. NO
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x, 197 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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ISBN
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019505492X
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: 9780195054927
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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1. Introduction -- Communication in the great apes -- Communication in early hominids -- Methods in studying the neurology of language -- The present investigation -- 2. Asymmetry -- Neural asymmetry in birds -- Asymmetry in nonhuman mammals -- The nature of human brain asymmetry -- Mechanisms of brain asymmetry -- Somatic asymmetry in humans -- 3. Noncortical Systems in Speaking -- Lower motor systems in speaking -- Thalamus and basal ganglia systems -- Cerebellum -- 4. Cortical Systems in Speaking -- Evidence from stimulation -- Evidence from ablations and lesions -- Comparison of anterior and posterior aphasic groups -- Subdivisions within the posterior region -- 5. Oral Movement Control and Speech -- Reproduction of oral movements -- Speeded articulation tasks -- Correlations between speech and nonspeech tasks -- Relations among oral and manual tasks -- Comparison of temporal and parietal contributions -- 6. Manual Praxis -- Characteristics of manual apraxia -- Motor systems in praxic control -- Methods of assessment -- The nature of praxic control mechanisms -- Types of apraxia -- 7. Constructional Ability -- Spontaneous drawing -- WAIS constructional tasks -- Relation to manual apraxia -- Relation to visuoperceptual disorders -- 8. Manual Sign Language -- Neural mechanisms in arm and hand control -- Manual sign language "aphasia" -- Neuroanatomic mechanisms in signing -- 9. Adextrality -- The present sample -- Speech representation -- Manual praxic function in adextrals -- Subgroups of adextrals -- Oral praxic function in adextrals -- Implications for theories of left-handedness -- 10. Sex Differences in Brain Organization -- Neuroanatomic sex differences -- Background of studies in humans -- Lateralization of constructional and spatial ability -- Intrahemispheric organization -- Functional significance of intrahemispheric organization -- 11. Hemispheric Specialization for Semantic Processing -- Neural mechanisms in reading -- Semantic categorization in aphasia.
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Subject
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Communicative disorders-- Pathophysiology.
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Efferent pathways.
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Neurolinguistics.
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Psycholinguistics.
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Brain-- physiology.
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Communication.
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Psychomotor Performance-- physiology.
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Apraxie
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Artikulationsorgan
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Bewegungssteuerung
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Communicative disorders-- Pathophysiology.
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Efferent pathways.
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Efferent pathways.
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Hand
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Kommunikation
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Motorische Fähigkeit
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Neurolinguistics.
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Neurolinguistics.
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Neurolinguistik
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Neuropsychologie
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Psycholinguistics.
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Psycholinguistics.
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Communicatie.
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Motorische processen.
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Dewey Classification
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153.6
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LC Classification
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QP399.K56 1993
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NLM classification
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WL 300K485n 1993
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17.30bcl
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17.35bcl
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44.37bcl
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44.90bcl
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CP 6500rvk
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