Language and language disorders: neuroscience to clinical practice

TY - JOUR

T1 - Language and language disorders: neuroscience to clinical practice

AU - O'Sullivan, Michael

AU - Brownsett, Sonia

AU - Copland, David

PY - 2019/4/2

Y1 - 2019/4/2

N2 - Language disorders are common in neurological practice but their accurate recognition and description can be challenging. In this review we summarise the major landmarks in the understanding of language disorders and the organisation of language in the brain. We describe approaches to assessing language disorders at the bedside or in the clinic as well as the treatment and rehabilitation of aphasia. Finally, we describe how the field of neuroscience is providing new computational and neuroscientific approaches to study the mechanisms of recovery and rehabilitation of aphasia.

AB - Language disorders are common in neurological practice but their accurate recognition and description can be challenging. In this review we summarise the major landmarks in the understanding of language disorders and the organisation of language in the brain. We describe approaches to assessing language disorders at the bedside or in the clinic as well as the treatment and rehabilitation of aphasia. Finally, we describe how the field of neuroscience is providing new computational and neuroscientific approaches to study the mechanisms of recovery and rehabilitation of aphasia.

M3 - Review article

SN - 1474-7758

JO - PRACTICAL NEUROLOGY

JF - PRACTICAL NEUROLOGY

ER -