This book 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 brain abnormalities on speech and language. To this end, this edited volume brings together contributions from several leading experts in a markedly broad range of disciplines, comprising Neurology, Neurosurgery, Genetics, Engineering, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Neuropsychology, and Speech and Language Therapy.

The only edited volume explicitly dedicated to the translational neuroscience of speech and language disorders Explicit distinction between acquired and neurodevelopmental disorders, given the substantial differences with respect to neuroplasticity and reorganization Broad range of disorders discussed in the light of translational neuroscience, extending well beyond aphasia (including dysarthria, verbal dyspraxia, anomia, dyslexia, and pragmatic communication disorders)

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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. 

Inhalt

1. Translational Neuroscience of Speech and Language Disorders: State of the Art. -2. Translational Neuroscience of Aphasia and Adult Language Rehabilitation. -3. Treatment and intervention approaches for the improvement of language abilities in neurodegenerative diseases.- 4. Neural and Genetic Mechanisms of Dyslexia.- 5. The role of memory systems in neurodevelopmental disorders of language.- 6. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and Language/Speech: Can patients benefit from a combined therapeutic approach?.- 7. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Aphasia Rehabilitation.- 8. The Cerebellum: A Therapeutic Target in Treating Speech and Language Disorders.- 9. Navigated rTMS for Mapping the Language Network in Preoperative Settings: Current Status and Future Prospects.- 10. Presurgical Language fMRI in Epilepsy: An Introduction.- 11. Lesion-symptom mapping in speech and language disorders: a translational perspective.