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Brain Evolution, Language and Psychopathology in Schizophrenia (Explorations in Mental Health) - Hardcover

Book 3 of 46: Explorations in Mental Health
 
9780415537643: Brain Evolution, Language and Psychopathology in Schizophrenia (Explorations in Mental Health)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415537649 ISBN 13: 9780415537643
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

This book provides a comprehensive review of new developments in the study of language processing and related neural networks in schizophrenia by addressing the complex link between psychopathology, language and evolution at different levels of analysis.

Psychopathological symptoms in schizophrenia are mainly characterized by thought and language disorders, which are strictly intertwined. In particular, language is the distinctive dimension of human beings and is ontologically related to brain development. Although normal at the levels of segmental phonology and morphological organization, the speech of patients suffering from schizophrenia is often characterized by flattened intonation and word-finding difficulties. Furthermore, research suggests that the superior temporal gyrus and specific prefrontal areas which support language in humans are altered in people with schizophrenia.

Brambilla and Marini bring together international contributors to explore the link between brain evolution and the psychopathological features of schizophrenia, with a focus on language and its neural underpinnings.

Divided into three sections the book covers:

• brain evolution and language phylogenesis
• brain abnormalities in schizophrenia
• psychopathology and schizophrenia.

This theoretical approach will appeal to professionals including clinical psychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, neuropsychiatrists, neuropsychologists, neurolinguists, and researchers considering the links between brain evolution, language and psychopathology in schizophrenia.

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About the Author

Paolo Brambilla is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Udine, Italy.

Andrea Marini is Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Udine, Italy.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415537649
ISBN 13 
9780415537643
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
264
Editor
Brambilla Paolo, Marini Andrea