Anomia

This important book provides a broad, integrated overview of current research on word-finding deficit, anomia, the most common symptom of language dysfunction occurring after brain damage. Besides its clinical importance, anomia gives a fascinating view on the inner workings of language in the brain.

Matti Laine is Professor of Psychology at the Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. With a background in clinical neuropsychology, he has conducted research on both normal and deficient language processing and their neural correlates over several decades. Nadine Martin has a background in speech and language pathology and cognitive psychology and is certified by the American Speech, Language & Hearing Association. She is a Laura H. Carnell Professor of communication sciences and disorders at Temple University, Philadelphia, United States. Her research in both the theoretical and clinical aspects of word retrieval and verbal short-term memory has been supported by the National Institutes of Health for the past three decades.

Introduction 1. Cognitive models of lexical retrieval 2. Major forms of anomia 3. Neural basis of naming 4. Clinical assessment of anomia 5. Therapeutic approaches to word-finding difficulties 6. Conclusions and future directions