Human Communication and the Brain

Building the Foundation for the Field of Neurocommunication

Donald B. Egolf

Human Communication and the Brain: Building the Foundation for the Field of Neurocommunications, by Donald B. Egolf, provides an introduction to the latest neuroscience research and expands its applications to the study of communication. Egolf explores both methodological and ethical issues that are surfacing as a result of the newest findings, revealing important new questions about the nature of communication and the brain, including: is there a way to communicate directly with the brain? What outside powers should be permitted to access that method of information dissemination?

Egolf’s text has implications for a number of communication subsets, including intrapersonal, interpersonal, political, marketing, and deception, and this new research undoubtedly will provoke debate amongst communication and neuroscience scholars for years to come.

Lexington Books

Pages: 174 • Trim: 6½ x 9½

978-0-7391-3963-9 • Hardback • April 2012 • $114.00 • (£88.00)

978-0-7391-3964-6 • Paperback • April 2012 • $54.99 • (£42.00)

978-0-7391-3965-3 • eBook • April 2012 • $49.00 • (£38.00)

Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies, Medical / Neurology, Medical / NeuroScience

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Building the Foundation for the Field of Neurocommunication

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Summary

Human Communication and the Brain: Building the Foundation for the Field of Neurocommunications, by Donald B. Egolf, provides an introduction to the latest neuroscience research and expands its applications to the study of communication. Egolf explores both methodological and ethical issues that are surfacing as a result of the newest findings, revealing important new questions about the nature of communication and the brain, including: is there a way to communicate directly with the brain? What outside powers should be permitted to access that method of information dissemination?

Egolf’s text has implications for a number of communication subsets, including intrapersonal, interpersonal, political, marketing, and deception, and this new research undoubtedly will provoke debate amongst communication and neuroscience scholars for years to come.

Details

Lexington Books

Pages: 174 • Trim: 6½ x 9½

978-0-7391-3963-9 • Hardback • April 2012 • $114.00 • (£88.00)

978-0-7391-3964-6 • Paperback • April 2012 • $54.99 • (£42.00)

978-0-7391-3965-3 • eBook • April 2012 • $49.00 • (£38.00)

Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies, Medical / Neurology, Medical / NeuroScience

Author

Donald B. Egolf is an associate professor of communication at the University of Pittsburgh.

Table of Contents

Part One. Introduction
Chapter 1. The Age of the Brain
Chapter 2. Neuroscience Notes
Chapter 3. Methodologies
Chapter 4. Human Communication
Part Two. Brain Messages in Selected Communication Contexts
Chapter 5. Intrapersonal Communication
Chapter 6. Interpersonal Communication
Chapter 7. Communication in Wider Contexts
Chapter 8. Communication Disorders
Chapter 9. Augmenting Communication
Part Three. Issues and Future Trends
Chapter 10. Methodolocial issues
Chapter 11. Ethical Issues
Chapter 12. Future Trends

Reviews

Just as the corpus callosum bridges the left and right hemispheres, Dr. Egolf bridges with supreme skill the different fields of communication study, multiple aspects of the communication universe, and the neurological correlates and behavioral manifestations of verbal and non-verbal behavior. He identifies implications for understanding social manipulation/persuasion, the challenges associated with different Whorfian world views, and communication problems associated with brain changes. A true tour de force.

— Arlene Kasprisin, Chief, Audiology/Speech Pathology, Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System