The Neuroscience of Language

Préface
A comprehensive yet accessible overview of the neuroscience of language for introductory courses.

Auteur
Jonathan E. Peelle is an Associate Professor in the Center for Cognitive and Brain Health at Northeastern University, with appointments in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the Department of Psychology. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on the neuroscience of language; speech, language, and hearing science; cognitive neuroscience; and functional brain imaging. He is a reviewing editor for eLife and Neurobiology of Language, and former reviewing editor for NeuroImage and Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. He has authored more than 80 papers on the neuroscience of language and is currently the chair of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language.

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The Neuroscience of Language offers a remarkably accessible introduction to language in the mind and brain. Following the chain of communication from speaker to listener, it covers all fundamental concepts from speech production to auditory processing, speech sounds, word meaning, and sentence processing. The key methods of cognitive neuroscience are covered, as well as clinical evidence from neuropsychological patients and multimodal aspects of language including visual speech, gesture, and sign language. Over 80, full color figures are included to help communicate key concepts. The main text focuses on big-picture themes, while detailed studies and related anecdotes are presented in footnotes to provide interested students with many opportunities to dive deeper into specific topics. Throughout, language is placed within the larger context of the brain, illustrating the fascinating connections of language with other fields including cognitive science, linguistics, psychology, and speech and hearing science.

Contenu
Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: transferring ideas from one brain to another; 2. Methods of cognitive neuroscience; 3. A structural foundation: anatomical considerations and primary brain regions; 4. Speech production: the beginning of the speech chain; 5. Auditory processing: getting sound from the ear to the brain; 6. Speech sounds: phonemes and word forms; 7. Word meanings and concept representations; 8. Combining meaning across words; 9. Additional forms of language communication; 10. Language as a whole-brain enterprise.