The Biological Foundations of Gesture: Motor and Semiotic Aspects

by J. L. Nespoulous (Editor), P. Perron (Editor), A. R. Lecours (Editor)

Overview

First published in 1986. The present volume is the outcome of a symposium on Gestures, Cultures and Communication, held in May 1982 at Victoria College, University of Toronto. This conference, one of a series of five colloquia which took place during the Third International Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies, was organized by the Toronto Semiotic Circle. The purpose of the 1982 conference was to explore the biological basis of gestures by bringing together investigators working mainly in the fields of anthropology, neurophysiology, neuropsychology and psycholinguistics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317767688
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/05/2014
Series:	Neuropsychology and Neurolinguistics Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Jean-Luc Nespoulous Universite de Montreal, Paul Perron University of Toronto , Andre Roch Lecours Universite de Montreal

Table of Contents

Introduction, The Neurological Substratum of Gestures and MotorActivity; Developmental Theories of Gesture; Pathological Manifestations of Gestural Behavior and Neurological Substratum PART I: THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF GESTURES 1. Current Issues in the Study of Gesture 2. Gestures: Nature and Function PART II: THE NEUROLOGICAL SUBSTRATUM OF GESTURES AND MOTOR ACTIVITY 3. Brain Organization Underlying Orientation and Gestures: Normal and Pathological Cases 4. Lateral Differences in Gesture Production 5. From Movement to Gesture: Here and There as Determinants of Visually Guided Pointing 6. IPSI-Lateral Motor Control Study in a Total Callosal 7. The Eye in the Control of Attention PART III: DEVELOPMENTAL THEORIES OF GESTURE 8. Form, Significance and Psychological Potential of Hand Gestures of Infants 9. Some Implications of Lateralization for Developmental 10. The Impact of Visual-Spatial Information on the Development of Reading Proficiency in Deaf Children PART IV: THE PATHOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF GESTURAL BEHAVIOR 11. Standard Teaching on Apraxia 12. New Perspectives on Apraxia and Related 13. Central Communication Disorders in Deaf Signers 14. Deficits in Facial Expression and Movement as a Function of Brain Damage 15. Shrugging Shoulders, Frowning Eye-Brows, Smiling Agreement: Mimic and Gesture Communication in the Aphasic Experience