Springer Translational Neuroscience of Speech and Language Disorders (Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience)

This book provides the first presentation of the state-of-the-art in the application of modern Neuroscience research in predicting, preventing and alleviating the negative sequelae of neurodevelopmental, acquired, or neurodegenerative brain abnormalities on speech and language. To this end, this edited volume brings together contributions from several leading experts in a markedly broad range of disciplines, comprising Neurology, Neurosurgery, Genetics, Engineering, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Neuropsychology, and Speech and Language Therapy. From the Back Cover This edited volume provides the first presentation of the state-of-the-art in the application of modern Neuroscience research in predicting, preventing and alleviating the negative sequelae of neurodevelopmental, acquired, or neurodegenerative conditions on speech and language. It brings together contributions from several leading experts in a markedly broad range of disciplines, including Speech and Language Therapy, Neuropsychology and Neurology, but also Neurosurgery, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, as well as Engineering and Genetics. About the Author Georgios P.D. Argyropoulos holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh. He is an associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) and a chartered member of the British Psychological Society (CPsychol). He currently works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford.