Right Hemisphere Language Comprehension: Perspectives From Cognitive NeuroscienceMark Jung Beeman, Christine Chiarello The statement, "The Right Hemisphere (RH) processes language"--while not exactly revolutionary--still provokes vigorous debate. It often elicits the argument that anything the RH does with language is not linguistic but "paralinguistic." The resistance to the notion of RH language processing persists despite the fact that even the earliest observers of Left Hemisphere (LH) language specialization posited some role for the RH in language processing, and evidence attesting to various RH language processes has steadily accrued for more than 30 years. In this volume, chapters pertain to a wide, but by no means, exhaustive set of language comprehension processes for which RH contributions have been demonstrated. The sections are organized around these processes, beginning with initial decoding of written or spoken input, proceeding through semantic processing of single words and sentences, up to comprehension of more complex discourse, as well as problem solving. The chapters assembled here should begin to melt this resistance to evidence of RH language processing. This volume's main goal is to compile evidence about RH language function from a scattered literature. The editorial commentaries concluding each section highlight the relevance of these phenomena for psycholinguistic and neuropsychological theory, and discuss similarities and apparent discrepancies in the findings reported in individual chapters. In the final chapter, common themes that emerge from the enterprise of studying RH language and future challenge for the field are reviewed. Although all chapters focus only on "typical" laterality of right handed people, this work provides a representative sample of the current state of the art in RH language research. Important features include: * a wide range of coverage from speech perception and reading through complex discourse comprehension and problem-solving; * research presented from both empirical and theoretical perspectives; and * commentaries and conclusions integrating findings and theories across sub-domains, and speculating on future directions of the field. |
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... verbal root while the Path is expressed as a satellite (John ran into the room) and verb-framed languages (e.g. Romance), in which the Path is encoded in the verbal root and the Manner component is not typically conflated with the verb ...
... verbal root while the Path is expressed as a satellite (John ran into the room) and verb-framed languages (e.g. Romance), in which the Path is encoded in the verbal root and the Manner component is not typically conflated with the verb ...
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... verbal samples were related to the dynamic state of the patient both quantitatively and qualitatively , as observed in analytic treatment sessions . Con- sistent differences were found between verbal samples obtained in the projective ...
... verbal samples were related to the dynamic state of the patient both quantitatively and qualitatively , as observed in analytic treatment sessions . Con- sistent differences were found between verbal samples obtained in the projective ...
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... verbal bullying can lead them to make bad decisions that might affect them for the rest of their lives. For instance ... verbal bullying as well. Bullies often suffer from issues with addiction to drugs or. 12 Shutting Down Verbal Bullies.
... verbal bullying can lead them to make bad decisions that might affect them for the rest of their lives. For instance ... verbal bullying as well. Bullies often suffer from issues with addiction to drugs or. 12 Shutting Down Verbal Bullies.
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... verbal ability is one of the hallmarks of NLD : often NLDers are extremely verbal and early readers . Asperger Syndrome has been conceptualized as a " Non - Verbal Learning Disability " ( Klin et al . 1995 ) . A comparison of NLD and AS ...
... verbal ability is one of the hallmarks of NLD : often NLDers are extremely verbal and early readers . Asperger Syndrome has been conceptualized as a " Non - Verbal Learning Disability " ( Klin et al . 1995 ) . A comparison of NLD and AS ...
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... verbal agreement is a reliable indicator of Synoptic literary relationships. But when we examine the argument in detail, it is difficult to see how this could be true. To begin, the argument itself requires some clarification. It is ...
... verbal agreement is a reliable indicator of Synoptic literary relationships. But when we examine the argument in detail, it is difficult to see how this could be true. To begin, the argument itself requires some clarification. It is ...
Contents
Lexical and SentenceLevel Semantics | 140 |
Discourse Processing and Problem Solving | 254 |
Author Index | 391 |
Subject Index | 405 |
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