Communication Disorders and Personality (Plenum Series in Russian Neuropsychology, 2)

Communication Disorders and Personality analyzes the interrelation and interdependence between personality changes, which differ in their nature and phenomenology, and disorders of certain aspects of communicative ability. Author Glozman's approach is an interdisciplinary and comprehensive study of neuropsychological, psychopathological and special education data on the basis of communication theories.

Presented are certain methodological problems as well as a number of experimental methodologies for the study of the personality of patients with speech disorders. Examined are communication as a curative factor and a possible prophylaxis or regression of disorders of personality in the process of the training and restoration of communicative ability.

Communication Disorders and Personality will be a valuable resource for psychologists, social workers, psycholinguists, physicians, and speech and language therapists.

Deborah Dewey, PhD, is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Investigator and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Calgary. She is also a member of the Behavioural Research Unit at Alberta Children’s Hospital. Dr. Dewey is on the editorial board of Developmental Neuropsychology and has served as a grant reviewer for Canadian and international funding agencies. She is actively involved in grant-funded research on the neurobehavioral outcomes associated with developmental coordination disorder, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, as well as the developmental outcomes of infants with very low birth weight. Dr. Dewey’s research interests also encompass pediatric health psychology issues such as family adjustment to chronic disease and physical activity in preschool-age children.

David E. Tupper, PhD, a board-certified neuropsychologist, is Director of the Neuropsychology Section at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and is Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He is coauthor or editor of several books, including Soft Neurological Signs, The Neuropsychology of Everyday Life, and Human Developmental Neuropsychology, and is series editor for the Plenum Series in Russian Neuropsychology. Dr. Tupper’s clinical and research interests include neuropsychological aspects of motor disorders in children, cross-cultural neuropsychological assessment, and lifespan developmental neuropsychology.


Deborah Dewey, PhD, is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Investigator and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Calgary. She is also a member of the Behavioural Research Unit at Alberta Children’s Hospital. Dr. Dewey is on the editorial board of Developmental Neuropsychology and has served as a grant reviewer for Canadian and international funding agencies. She is actively involved in grant-funded research on the neurobehavioral outcomes associated with developmental coordination disorder, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, as well as the developmental outcomes of infants with very low birth weight. Dr. Dewey’s research interests also encompass pediatric health psychology issues such as family adjustment to chronic disease and physical activity in preschool-age children.

David E. Tupper, PhD, a board-certified neuropsychologist, is Director of the Neuropsychology Section at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and is Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He is coauthor or editor of several books, including Soft Neurological Signs, The Neuropsychology of Everyday Life, and Human Developmental Neuropsychology, and is series editor for the Plenum Series in Russian Neuropsychology. Dr. Tupper’s clinical and research interests include neuropsychological aspects of motor disorders in children, cross-cultural neuropsychological assessment, and lifespan developmental neuropsychology.