Foreword -- Part I. NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF VERBAL COMMUNICATION -- I. The Problem of Verbal Communication -- 1. The Structure of Verbal Communication -- 2. Psychological Conditions of Verbal Communication -- 3. Neuropsychological Approach to the Process of Verbal Communication -- II. Neuropsychological Analysis of Encoding of Verbal Communication -- A. Disturbances of the Syntagmatic Organization of Verbal Communication in Patients with Local Brain Lesions -- B. Disturbances of the Paradigmatic Organization of Verbal Communication in Patients with Local Brain Lesions -- C. Conclusion -- III. Neuropsychological Analysis of the Decoding of Verbal Communication -- 1. The Psychological Process of Decoding of Verbal Communication -- 2. Methods of investigation of the Decoding of Verbal Communication. General Data of Neuropsychological Analysis -- 3. Disturbances of Understanding of Verbal Communication in Patients with Sensory Aphasia -- 4. Disturbances of Understanding of Verbal Communication in Patients with Semantic Aphasia -- 5. Disturbances of Understanding of Verbal Communication in Patients with Syndromes of Motor Aphasia -- 6. Disturbances of Understanding of Verbal Communication in Patients with Deep Brain Lesions and Syndromes of Memory Disorders -- 7. Disturbances of Understanding of Verbal Communication in Patients with Massive Lesions of the Frontal Lobes -- 8. Conclusion -- Part II. APHASIA RECONSIDERED -- I. A Re-Examination of Complex Forms of Aphasia -- II. A Re-Examination of "Conduction Aphasia" -- 1. The Problem -- 2. Disturbances of Repetitive Speech in Patients with Acoustico-Articulatory Defects -- 3. Disturbances of Repetitive Speech in Patients with Acoustico-Mnestic Defects -- 4. Summary -- III. A Re-Examination of "Transcortical Motor Aphasia" -- 1. The Problem -- 2. The Hypothesis.

3. "Transcortical Motor Aphasia" associated with Massive Disturbances of the Blood Supply to the Anterior Zones of the Speech Area -- 4. "Transcortical Motor Aphasia" associated with a Massive Tumor of the Posterior Parts of the Frontal Lobes -- 5. The Amnestic Form of "Transcortical Motor Aphasia" -- 6. Conclusion -- IV. A Re-Examination of Amnestic (Nominal) Aphasia -- 1. Basic Principles -- 2. Psychological and Psycholinguistic Analysis of the Process of Naming of Objects -- 3. Psychological Conditions of the Process of Naming of Objects -- 4. Psychophysiological Mechanisms of the Disturbances of Naming of Objects -- Bibliography -- Subjects index -- Index of names.