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Brain Evolution, Language and Psychopathology in Schizophrenia

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Childhood Onset Schizophrenia
clinical neuropsychology
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Evolution
evolutionary basis of thought disorders
Formal Thought Disorders
Inferior Frontal Gyrus
Language
Left Posterior Stg
Left Superior Temporal Gyrus
Mental Health
Negative PANSS Subscale
Negative PANSS Subscale Score
neural language networks
neurodevelopmental disorders
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Poor Premorbid Social Adjustment
Positive PANSS Subscale
Positive Symptom
Posterior Superior Temporal Gyrus
Premorbid Adjustment
Psychology
Psychopathology
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Interventions
Schizophrenia
Speech
Superior Temporal
Superior Temporal Cortex
Superior Temporal Gyrus
Thought Disorder
thought disorder mechanisms
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781138635807
  • Weight: 490g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 04 Jan 2017
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

This book provides a comprehensive review of new developments in the study of language processing and related neural networks in schizophrenia by addressing the complex link between psychopathology, language and evolution at different levels of analysis.

Psychopathological symptoms in schizophrenia are mainly characterized by thought and language disorders, which are strictly intertwined. In particular, language is the distinctive dimension of human beings and is ontologically related to brain development. Although normal at the levels of segmental phonology and morphological organization, the speech of patients suffering from schizophrenia is often characterized by flattened intonation and word-finding difficulties. Furthermore, research suggests that the superior temporal gyrus and specific prefrontal areas which support language in humans are altered in people with schizophrenia.

Brambilla and Marini bring together international contributors to explore the link between brain evolution and the psychopathological features of schizophrenia, with a focus on language and its neural underpinnings.

Divided into three sections the book covers:

• brain evolution and language phylogenesis
• brain abnormalities in schizophrenia
• psychopathology and schizophrenia.

This theoretical approach will appeal to professionals including clinical psychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, neuropsychiatrists, neuropsychologists, neurolinguists, and researchers considering the links between brain evolution, language and psychopathology in schizophrenia.
About

Paolo Brambilla is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Udine, Italy.

Andrea Marini is Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Udine, Italy.