Intensive speech therapy as neuropsycholinguistic instrument of patients’ after stroke rehabilitation

Abstract

The main principles of neuropsycholinguistic research are highlighted in the ar­ticle. Among them there are principles of scientific analysis of brain organization: principle of systemic localization of higher psychic processes, supplementary principle, principles of event coding and economy. The principles of speech investigation as psy­chic process are represented by principles of development, determinism/indeterminism and systemic principle. The principles and data of neuroimaging serve a basis for es­tablishing rehabilitation program for patients’ after stroke. Rehabilitation program is introduced as intensive speech therapy. The source idea for the therapy is thesis about close interaction of language and action from two perspectives: brain organization and speech production.