Language Development and Neurological Theory

List of ContributorsPrefacePart I Cerebral Specialization for Language in Normals 1 Some Issues and Methods in the Neuropsychology of Language Correlating Neurophysiological and Psychological Functions Tying Empirical Bonds with Linguistics References 2 Infant Cerebral Asymmetry Experiment 1 Experiment 2 Experiment 3 References 3 Bilateral Alpha Rhythm in Children During Listening and Looking Method Results Discussion References 4 Multiple Language Experience and the Development of Cerebral Dominance Method and Procedure Results and Discussion Results: Study 2 References 5 Visual Field and Cerebral Hemisphere Preferences in Bilinguals Method Results and Discussion References 6 Hemispheric Asymmetry in Processing of Dichotically Presented Speech and Nonspeech Stimuli by Infants Procedure Stimulus Materials Subjects and Design Discussion References 7 Acoustic Problems in Dichotic Listening Tasks Control of Acoustic Variables Nonacoustic Factors Stimulus Variables Summary ReferencesPart II Cerebral Specialization for Language in Brain-Damaged Patients What Is It That Is Lateralized? References 8 Hemispheric Equipotentiality and Language Acquisition The Equipotentiality Hypothesis Language Functions After Early Lateralized Cerebral Damage Intelligence, Language, and Early Lesion Laterality Language Acquisition in Only a Right or a Left Hemisphere: A Test Case for Equipotentiality References 9 Language Deficits and Cross-Modal Sensory Perception Theories of Cross-Modal Perceptual Learning Cross-Modal Theory and Neurological Development Cross-Modal Perception and Language Deficits in Children Cross-Modal Perception and Language Deficits in Adults Language Deficits and Supramodal Functions Cross-Modal Perception and Supramodal Skills: An Investigation References 10 Electroencephalographic Testing of Cerebral Specialization in Normal and Congenitally Deaf Children: A Preliminary Report Method Results Discussion References 11 Dichotic Listening of Callosal Agenesis and Turner's Syndrome Patients Study 1: Patients with Neurological Lesions Study 2: Cases of Sex Chromosome Anomaly Conclusions References 12 A Long-Term Study of Dichotic Speech Perception and Receptive Language Skills in a Child with Acquired Aphasia The Case History Hearing, Language, and Dichotic Listening Tests Discussion References 13 An External View of Neuropsy chology and Its Working Milieu The Infant and Experimental Observation Individual Differences in Brain Organization Test-Retest Reliability with Normals Versus Brain-Damaged Patients Interpreting Results of Surgery Interpreting EEGs Examples of False Diagnoses ReferencesPart III The Development of Cerebral Dominance Why Is Language Lateralized to the Left? References 14 Does Cerebral Dominance Develop? Left-Handedness Ontogenetic Changes in Lateralization Asymmetries in Infants References 15 The Development of Lateralization of Language Functions and Its Relation to Cognitive and Linguistic Development: A Review and Some Theoretical Speculations A Brief History The Restitution of Language in the Right Hemisphere Following Left-Hemisphere Damage The Nature of Right-Hemisphere Language Some Speculation on the Causes of Dysphasia following Early Right-Sided Damage The Process of Lateralization of Language to the Left H