Author: Grodzinsky, Yosef ; & Amunts, Katrin ; editors:
Title: Broca's Region
Description: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006. orig.boards, dustwrapper.. 24x15cm, xv,419,(16)pp.. 16pp plates.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ ...Paul Broca's discoveries were an important, driving force behind the more general effort to relate complex behavior to particular parts of the cerebral cortex, which, significantly, produced the first brain maps. These early studies also, however, suffered from the use of crude techniques, definitions, and distinctions, as well as from ill founded and misdirected assumptions. Although much has been discovered since Broca's work, even today, these problems have not been completely solved. Nonetheless, particularly as a result of important advances made in neuroimaging during the past two decades, Broca's region and all language areas are currently being investigated from every angle. Indeed, as the volume of research into the relations between brain and language has created several communities, each with its own concepts, methods, and considerations, it seemed that it was time to stop, get together, and reflect on the state of the art. This book is the result of that collective reflection, which took place primarily at the Broca's Region Workshop, held in Jülich and Aachen, Germany, in June 2004. In it, Yosef Grodzinsky and Katrin Amunts tried to accomplish a nearly impossible task: to mix intellectual traditions and cultures, and juxtapose rather disparate bodies of knowledge, styles of reasoning, and forms of argumentation. Participants were scientists with diverse backgrounds..." -Publisher's description.

Keywords: Brain Physiology, Paul Broca, Broca’s Region, Psycholinguistics, Frontal Lobes, Neurolinguistics, Aphasia, Neurology,