This edited volume provides the first presentation of the state-of-the-art in the application of modern Neuroscience research in predicting, preventing and alleviating the negative sequelae of neurodevelopmental, acquired, or neurodegenerative conditions on speech and language. It brings together contributions from several leading experts in a markedly broad range of disciplines, including Speech and Language Therapy, Neuropsychology and Neurology, but also Neurosurgery, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, as well as Engineering and Genetics.

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Georgios P.D. Argyropoulos holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh. He is an associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) and a chartered member of the British Psychological Society (CPsychol). He currently works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford. 

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1. Translational Neuroscience of Speech and Language Disorders: State of the Art2. Translational Neuroscience of Aphasia and Adult Language Rehabilitation3. Treatment and intervention approaches for the improvement of language abilities in neurodegenerative diseases4. Neural and Genetic Mechanisms of Dyslexia5. The role of memory systems in neurodevelopmental disorders of language6. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and Language/Speech: Can patients benefit from a combined therapeutic approach?7. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Aphasia Rehabilitation8. The Cerebellum: A Therapeutic Target in Treating Speech and Language Disorders9. Navigated rTMS for Mapping the Language Network in Preoperative Settings: Current Status and Future Prospects10. Presurgical Language fMRI in Epilepsy: An Introduction11. Lesion-symptom mapping in speech and language disorders: a translational perspective