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| Anomia. Theoretical and Clinical Aspects | Buy a book...
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| Author(s): | M. Laine and N. Martin |
| Publisher: | Psychology Press |
| ISBN: | 0863777228 |
| Format: | hardback |
| 172pp | |
| Price: | £29.95 |
| Review Date: | 22 August 2006 |
| Review: | ‘Word-finding’ problems are common to all. But anomia, word-finding deficit, is the most common symptom of language dysfunction that occurs after brain damage. This book provides up-to-date information about the research and treatment of naming disorders in neurological patients, covering both theory and practice. The book begins with a look at the psycholinguistic research on word retrieval in normal people and examines some influential cognitive models on naming. It goes on to review the major forms of anomia and their interpretation. There are also chapters on: the neural basis of naming; clinical assessment of anomia; therapeutic approaches to word-finding deficits; and a look at where anomia research might go next. |