Neuropsychology of Communication

Description

The volume focuses on the neuropsychological correlates of communication in daily interactions. The predominant account in explaining the construction of meaning by humans is the inter-relational perspective, which postulates an intentional convergence of meaning arising as a consequence of the active exchanges between people. The neural correlates of communication are described on the basis of new empirical results, with particular focus on language and language development, pragmatics and neuropragmatics of communication, neurocognition and the cognitive bases of intentions, nonverbal communication and emotion contribution to communicative systems. In addition, new methodological approaches are described, such as neuroimaging (PET and fMRI), and brain stimulation techniques (MEG and TMS), as well as their applications in research and in the clinical field. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Biological Basis of Linguistic and Communicative Systems: From Neurolinguistics to Neuropragmatics....Pages 3-27 Methods and Research Perspectives on the Neuropsychology of Communication....Pages 29-46 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Study of Language and Communication....Pages 47-59 Electromagnetic Indices of Language Processing....Pages 61-90 Front Matter....Pages 91-91 From Pragmatics to Neuropragmatics....Pages 93-109 Idiomatic Language Comprehension: Neuropsychological Evidence....Pages 111-129 Anticipatory Mechanisms in Idiom Comprehension: Psycholinguistic and Electrophysiological Evidence....Pages 131-144 Towards a Neurophysiology of Language....Pages 145-155 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Intentions and Communication: Cognitive Strategies, Metacognition and Social Cognition....Pages 159-175 The Neuropsychology of Nonverbal Communication: The Facial Expressions of Emotions....Pages 177-202 Emotions, Attitudes and Personality: Psychophysiological Correlates....Pages 203-220 Back Matter....Pages 221-223