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Attempts to understand individual differences in word and nonword reading by connecting three literatures that have been developed in isolation from each other: acquired dyslexia, precocious reading and difficulties in learning to read.

The journal Cognitive Neuropsychology began publication in 1984. In 2004 a special symposium was held at the annual European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology at Bressanone to take stock of the developments in cognitive neuropsychology represented by the first twenty years of the journal, and this volume is the result.

Presents an interdisciplinary examination of the relationship between delusions and self-deception, bringing the work on motivated reasoning to bear on the problems posed by these forms of pathological belief. This text is also of interest to cognitive scientists interested in the nature of belief and the disturbances to which it is subject.

Progressive language impairments comprise a broad range of symptoms of impaired language processing that worsen over time as a result of neurodegenerative disease. This title focuses on intervention for progressive language impairments, providing an overview of the research and including examples of interventions at different levels.

This volume provides up-to-date tutorial reviews of these many new and exciting developments in the study of visual cognition written by the leaders in the discipline, providing an incisive and comprehensive survey of research in this dynamic field.

This volume brings together researchers from many different disciplines all with a special interest in how speech is produced.

This volume is an interdisciplinary examination of the relationship between delusions and self-deception, bringing recent work on motivated reasoning to bear on the problems posed by these forms of pathological belief. The volume will appeal to cognitive scientists, clinicians and philosophers interested in the nature of belief and the disturbances to which it is subject.

Covering a range of topics, from the evolution of language, theory of mind, and the mentality of apes, through to psychological disorders, human mating strategies and relationship processes, this volume makes a contribution to what is fast becoming one of the most fruitful approaches to understanding the nature and psychology of the mind.

Focusing on the remediation of impairments of word production in aphasia, this volume is restricted to studies focusing on single work production and comprises papers by some of the researchers most active in this field worldwide.