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Acta Neurochirurgica
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica 7/2017

01-07-2017 | Original Article - History of Neurosurgery

Kurt Goldstein and his nonlocationist thoughts on aphasia—a pioneer of early network theories at the beginning of the twentieth century?

Authors: Holger Joswig, Gerhard Hildebrandt

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 7/2017

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Abstract

In between Carl Wernicke’s locationist aphasia concept from 1874 and Norman Geschwind’s new connectionist model of human brain functions in 1965, little notice was taken of the historical debate on aphasia and brain plasticity. Interestingly, Kurt Goldstein made long-forgotten, but highly relevant remarks on the connectionist model and thereby served as an important connecting link between Wernicke and Geschwind. With the original contributions of Goldstein and contemporary authors, we analyzed the historical background of the aphasia debate in the time period between Wernicke and Geschwind, which still influences current aphasia concepts and neurosurgical practice of today.
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Metadata
Title
Kurt Goldstein and his nonlocationist thoughts on aphasia—a pioneer of early network theories at the beginning of the twentieth century?
Authors
Holger Joswig
Gerhard Hildebrandt
Publication date
01-07-2017
Publisher
Springer Vienna
Published in
Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 7/2017
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-017-3209-x

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