In this course we will discuss traditional and current approaches in aphasiology. An overview over the history of aphasia research is followed by the description of selected impairments; in particular: Impairments of Lexicon, Semantics, Morphosyntax, etc. Finally, different types of acquired dyslexia will be discussed.

References:

R. De Bleser (2001) History of research on adult language and its disorders. In R. Berndt (ed.) Handbook of Neuropsychology, Vol. 2, Language and Aphasia. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

D. Caplan (1996) Chapter 2: Recognition of spoken words; chapter 4: production of spoken words. In: D. Caplan, Language: Structure, Processing and Disorders. Boston: MIT

E. Capitani, M. Laiacona, B. Mahon & A. Caramazza (2003) What are the facts of semantic category-specific deficit? A critical review of the clinical evidence. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 20, 213-261.

B. Mahon & A. Caramazza (2003) Constraining questions about the organisation and representation of conceptual knowledge. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 20, 433-450.

A. Ellis & A. Young (1997) (eds) Human Cognitive Neuropsychology. A Textbook with Readings. Chapter 10; Chapter 8. Hove: Psychology Press.

B. Weekes (2006) Acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia across scripts. Behavioral Neurology, 16.