Neural Mechanisms of Language

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Internal Medicine, Neuroscience, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
Cover of the book Neural Mechanisms of Language by , Springer US
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781493973255
Publisher: Springer US Publication: October 24, 2017
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781493973255
Publisher: Springer US
Publication: October 24, 2017
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

This important volume brings together significant findings on the neural bases of spoken language –its processing, use, and organization, including its phylogenetic roots. Employing a potent mix of conceptual and neuroimaging-based approaches, contributors delve deeply into specialized structures of the speech system, locating sensory and cognitive mechanisms involved in listening and comprehension, grasping meanings and storing memories. The novel perspectives revise familiar models by tracing linguistic interactions within and between neural systems, homing in on the brain’s semantic network, exploring the neuroscience behind bilingualism and multilingual fluency, and even making a compelling case for a more nuanced participation of the motor system in speech. From these advances, readers have a more three-dimensional picture of the brain—its functional epicenters, its connections, and the whole—as the seat of language in both wellness and disorders.

Included in the topics:

·         The interaction between storage and computation in morphosyntactic processing.

·         The role of language in structure-dependent cognition.

·         Multisensory integration in speech processing: neural mechanisms of cross-modal after-effect.

·         A neurocognitive view of the bilingual brain.

·         Causal modeling: methods and their application to speech and language.

·         A word in the hand: the gestural origins of language.

Neural Mechanisms of Language presents a sophisticated mix of detail and creative approaches to understanding brain structure and function, giving neuropsychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, developmental psychologists, cognitive psychologists, and speech/language pathologists new windows onto the research shaping their respective fields.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This important volume brings together significant findings on the neural bases of spoken language –its processing, use, and organization, including its phylogenetic roots. Employing a potent mix of conceptual and neuroimaging-based approaches, contributors delve deeply into specialized structures of the speech system, locating sensory and cognitive mechanisms involved in listening and comprehension, grasping meanings and storing memories. The novel perspectives revise familiar models by tracing linguistic interactions within and between neural systems, homing in on the brain’s semantic network, exploring the neuroscience behind bilingualism and multilingual fluency, and even making a compelling case for a more nuanced participation of the motor system in speech. From these advances, readers have a more three-dimensional picture of the brain—its functional epicenters, its connections, and the whole—as the seat of language in both wellness and disorders.

Included in the topics:

·         The interaction between storage and computation in morphosyntactic processing.

·         The role of language in structure-dependent cognition.

·         Multisensory integration in speech processing: neural mechanisms of cross-modal after-effect.

·         A neurocognitive view of the bilingual brain.

·         Causal modeling: methods and their application to speech and language.

·         A word in the hand: the gestural origins of language.

Neural Mechanisms of Language presents a sophisticated mix of detail and creative approaches to understanding brain structure and function, giving neuropsychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, developmental psychologists, cognitive psychologists, and speech/language pathologists new windows onto the research shaping their respective fields.

More books from Springer US

Cover of the book Drugs, Athletes, and Physical Performance by
Cover of the book The Physiological Genomics of the Critically Ill Mouse by
Cover of the book Advances in Corrosion Science and Technology by
Cover of the book Handbook of HIV Prevention by
Cover of the book Prochloron: A Microbial Enigma by
Cover of the book Bone Loss and Osteoporosis by
Cover of the book Ocean Pulse by
Cover of the book MTBE Remediation Handbook by
Cover of the book Shyness by
Cover of the book The Persistence of Sail in the Age of Steam by
Cover of the book Civil Society and the Professions in Eastern Europe by
Cover of the book Microbial Technologies in Advanced Biofuels Production by
Cover of the book Juveniles’ Waiver of Rights by
Cover of the book Textbook of Research Ethics by
Cover of the book Higher Cortical Functions in Man by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy