The Biological Foundations of Gesture

Motor and Semiotic Aspects
Herausgeber: Nespoulous, J. L.; Lecours, A. R.; Perron, P.

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Psychology Press
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 1986
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9780898596458
• ISBN-10: 0898596459
• Artikelnr.: 21485463

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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