The Linguistic Cerebellum

by Peter Mariën (Editor), Mario Manto PhD (Editor)

Overview

The Linguistic Cerebellum provides a comprehensive analysis of this unique part of the brain that has the most number of neurons, each operating in distinct networks to perform diverse functions.

This book outlines how those distinct networks operate in relation to non-motor language skills. Coverage includes cerebellar anatomy and function in relation to speech perception, speech planning, verbal fluency, grammar processing, and reading and writing, along with a discussion of language disorders.

• Discusses the neurobiology of cerebellar language functions, encompassing both normal language function and language disorders
• Includes speech perception, processing, and planning
• Contains cerebellar function in reading and writing
• Explores how language networks give insight to function elsewhere in the brain

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128017852
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	09/07/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	444
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Dr. Mario Manto is a Neurologist at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) with more than 20 years of experience in clinical neurology, particularly cerebellar ataxia. He is a Professor of Neuroanatomy at the University of Mons (Belgium) and Researcher at the FNRS (Belgium). He has been appointed Head of the Department of Neurology of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Charleroi (Belgium). The focus of his career for more than 20 years has been the study of cerebellar disorders, from a clinical and basic science point of view. He published more than 160 peer reviewed scientific articles and 15 book chapters on cerebellar topics and he is the editor of 6 books on cerebellar disorders. He is the Founding Editor and Editor in chief of two scientific journals: The Cerebellum and Cerebellum&Ataxias. He is Deputy Editor of the Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation and a Member of Faculty 1000. He has received many grants from several foundations including the NIH, European Commission, and the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique of Belgium.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Phonetic Cerebellum: Cerebellar Involvement in Speech Sound Production Wolfram Ziegler

Chapter 2: The Role of the Cerebellum in Speech Perception and Language ComprehensionIngo Hertrich, Klaus Mathiak, and Hermann Ackermann

Chapter 3: The Cerebellum and Verbal Working MemoryCherie L. Marvel and John E. Desmond

Chapter 4: Cerebellum and Verbal Fluency (Phonological and Semantic) Marco Molinari and Maria Leggio

Chapter 5: Cerebellum and Grammar Processing Michael Adamszek and Kenneth C. Kirkby

Chapter 6: Cerebellar-Induced Aphasia and Related Language DisordersKim Van Dun and Peter Mariën

Chapter 7: Analysis of Speech and Language Impairments in Cerebellar DisordersFlorian Bodranghien

Chapter 8: Cerebellum and Writing Kim Van Dun, Dorien Vandenborre, and Peter Mariën

Chapter 9: The role of the Cerebellum in Developmental DyslexiaCatherine J. Stoodley

Chapter 10: Conceptualizing Developmental Language Disorders: A Theoretical Framework Including the Role of the Cerebellum in Language-Related FunctioningLeonard F. Koziol, Lauren A. Barker, and Laura Jansons

Chapter 11: Posterior Fossa Syndrome (PFS) and Cerebellar Mutism Thora Gudrunardottir, Hyo-Jung De Smet, Lisa Bartha-Doering, Kim van Dun, Jo Verhoeven, Philippe Paquier, and Peter Mariën

Chapter 12: Functional Linguistic Topography of the Cerebellum Catherine Stoodley and Jeremy D Schmahmann

Chapter 13: Deep Cerebellar Nuclei (DCN) and Language Christophe Habas, Kim van Dun, Mario Manto, and Peter Mariën

Chapter 14: The Use of Transcranial Magnetic Brain Stimulation to Study Cerebellar Language Function Alan A Beaton, Louise Allen-Walker, and R. Martyn Bracewell

Chapter 15: Experimental Use of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Relation to the Cerebellum and Language Georgios P. D. Argyropoulos

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From the Publisher

This book reviews the role of the cerebellum in language, lending insights into how the brain controls cognitive operations via neuronal networks. Comprehensive coverage includes cerebellar anatomy and function in relation to speech perception, speech planning, verbal fluency, grammar processing, and more.

Editorial Reviews

"...a highly valuable guide for professionals of diverse disciplines such as neurologists and neuropsychologists, cognitive scientists, speech and language pathologists and neurolinguists, which will undoubtfully contribute to stimulate and orient future research." —Aphasiology

"…the book constitutes an exhaustive review of the current state of affairs in non-motoric (and motoric) linguistic aspects of cerebellar research. With a major emphasis on the latest developments in speech and language, developmental and acquired disorders and evolutionary and neuroimaging research, it magnificently intersperses historical findings tracing back to 1831…with the most recent and controversial aspects in the field. This makes The Linguistic Cerebellum a highly valuable guide for professionals of diverse disciplines such as neurologists and neuropsychologists, cognitive scientists, speech and language pathologists and eurolinguists… to stimulate and orient future research." —Silvia Martinez-Ferreiro, Aphasiology, 2016

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