TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sommer,Iris E.C.
AU  - Kahn,René S.
ED  - Cambridge eBooks.
TI  - Language lateralization and psychosis
SN  - 9780511576744 (ebook)
AV  - QP385.5 .L34 2009
U1  - 612.8252 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Laterality
KW  - Cerebral dominance
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Neurolinguistics
KW  - Schizophrenia
KW  - Physiological aspects
KW  - Auditory hallucinations
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - In 1861 Paul Broca discovered that, in most individuals, the left hemisphere of the brain is dominant for language. Taking language as an example, the first part of this book explains the normal development of bodily asymmetry and lateralization, its association with hand preference, genetic aspects, geographical differences and the influence of gender. The coverage then moves on to review the association between language lateralization and psychosis, describing findings in patients with schizophrenia to suggest the dominant hemisphere may fail to completely inhibit the language areas in the non-dominant half. The language allowed to 'release' from the right hemisphere can lead to psychotic symptoms including auditory verbal hallucinations and formal thought disorder. This book should be read by psychiatrists, neurologists and neuroscientists working in the field of psychosis and other brain scientists interested in laterality
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ER  -