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Author LaPointe, Leonard L., author.

Title Paul Broca and the origins of language in the brain / Leonard L. LaPointe.

Publication Info. San Diego : Plural Pub., [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color
Note Print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Précis -- Early times : deep sulci of history -- Phrenology and serendipitous bumps -- Relics of aphasia : the artifacts of lost words -- Turmoil, revolt, and enlightenment : historical context for advances in brain science -- Cortical localization of function -- Broca's nascent years -- Medical student : developing dissident -- A massive thesis and graduation -- Landmark cases : Leborgne and Lelong -- Broca's auxiliary contributions -- Broca's legacy.
Summary Undergraduate and graduate students as well as practicing professionals and clinicians in psychology, neurolinguistics, cognitive psychology, communication science and disorders, neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychiatry, nursing and health-related professions, and philosophy of science will be interested in this book. It both honors the life and work of Pierre-Paul Broca, and in doing so, also honors the many French brains that paved the way for the development of the neurosciences.
Subject Broca, Paul, 1824-1880.
Broca, Paul, 1824-1880. (OCoLC)fst00049614
Neuroscientists -- France -- Biography.
Neurology -- France -- History.
History, 19th Century -- France.
Neurology -- France -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Neurology. (OCoLC)fst01036390
Neuroscientists. (OCoLC)fst01036525
France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
Neurology.
History, 19th Century.
Neurology -- history.
Neurosciences -- history.
France.
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biography.
Other Form: Print version: LaPointe, Leonard L. Paul Broca and the origins of language in the brain. San Diego : Plural Pub., ©2013 1597566047 (DLC) 2012022840
ISBN 1597566047 (electronic bk.)
9781597566049 (electronic bk.)
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