Cerebral Control Of Speech And Limb Movements

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Discussed in this book is the association between speech and movements, especially those of the preferred hand. Both are skilled motor activities that appear to depend upon a similar neural organization that is available in the left hemisphere of the brain. The nature of this association of the cerebral control of speech and skilled manual performance is discussed in four sections: 1. Motor control and speech examines speech as a motor activity; 2. Language and gesture examines the correspondence between spoken language and manual gesture; 3. Motor performance and aphasia examines the motor impairments associated with aphasias; 4. Interactions of speech and manual performance examines the interactions that occur between concurrent verbal and manual activities.

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CEREBRAL CONTROL OF SPEECH AND LIMB MOVEMENTS ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY 70 Editors: G. E. STELMACH P. A. VROON AMSTERDAM - NORTH-HOLLAND NEW YORK OXFORD - T O K Y O CEREBRAL CONTROL OF SPEECH AND LIMB MOVEMENTS - NORTH - H O L L A N D A M S T E R D A M N E W YORK * OXFORD T O K Y O NORTH-HOLLAND ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS B.V. Sara Burgerhartstraat 2.5 P.O. Box 21 1, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands Distributors for the United States and Canada: ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. 655 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y. 10010, U.S.A. L i b r a r y o f Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data C e r e b r a l c o n t r o l o f s p e e c h a n d l i m b movements I e d i t e d b y G e o f f r e y R . Hammond. p. cm. (Advances i n psychology , 70) I n c l u d e s b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l r e f e r e n c e s and indexes. ISBN 0-444-88477-7 2. A p r a x i a . 3. E x t r e m i t i e s ( A n a t o m y ) - - M o v e m e n t s . 1. Aphasia. 5. C e r e b r a l c o r t e x . I. Hammond. G e o f f r e y R . . 19454. Speech. 11. S e r i e s Advances i n psychology (Amsterdam. N e t h e r l a n d s ) 70. 2. A p r a x i a - - p h y s i o p a t h o l o g y . [DNLM 1 . A p h a s i a - - p h y s i o p a t h o l o g y . 3. Dominance, C e r e b r a l - - p h y s i o l o g y . 4. Motor A c i t i v i t y - - p h y s i o l o g y . 5. Motor S k i l l s - - p h y s i o l o g y . 6. S p e e c h - - p h y s i o l o g p . W1 AD798L v . 7 0 / WL 335 C4131 RC425.C47 1990 E12.8'[email protected] DNLMIDLC f o r L l b r a r y o f Congress 90- 14304 CIP -- . 1SBN:O 444 884771 ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS B.V., 1990 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V./ Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, P.O. Box 103, 1000 AC Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Special regulations for readers in the U.S.A. - This publication has been registered with the Copyright Clearance Center Inc. (CCC), Salem, Massachusetts. Information can he obtained from the CCC about conditions under which photocopies of parts of this publication may he made in the U.S.A. All other copyright questions, including photocopying outside of the U.S.A., should he referred to the copyright owner, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., unless otherwise specified. No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Preface Michael Studdert-Kennedy wrote in 1981 that " ... the study of the connections between manual