Freud's Theories of Aphasia and Their Relevance to Contemporary Neuroscience: An Historical Analysis

摘要

In 1891 Freud published, “ On aphasia: a critical study” where he was Privatdoszent (“ Associate Professor” ) forNeuropathology at the University of Vienna. The monograph initially attracted little attention. It was translated intoEnglish by Erwin Stengel in 1953 (and reprinted in 2011). Again, the work did not generate significant commentafter publication of the translation. This may have been due in part to Freud’s critique of then current theories ofaphasia. All of Freud’s critique is based on his analysis of the work of others. It is unclear from a careful reading ofthe translated monograph whether Freud himself ever examined an aphasic patient. The most recent citation of themonograph appeared in 2007 where in a footnote (page 53) Ingram describes Freud’s work as “ a brilliant butoverlooked monograph” .