Language and the Brain - Representation and Processing

Klappentext The study of language has increasingly become an area of interdisciplinary interest. Not only is it studied by speech specialists and linguists, but by psychologists and neuroscientists as well, particularly in understanding how the brain processes meaning. This book is a comprehensive look at sentence processing as it pertains to the brain, with contributions from individuals in a wide array of backgrounds, covering everything from language acquisition to lexical and syntactic processing, speech pathology, memory, neuropsychology, and brain imaging. Zusammenfassung The study of language has increasingly become an area of interdisciplinary interest. This book is comprehensive look at sentence procesing as it pertains to the brain, covering everything from language acquisition to lexical and syntactic processing.

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• Authors: Lewis P. Shapiro
• Assisted by: Yosef Grodzinsky (Editor), Yosef (Tel Aviv University Grodzinsky (Editor), Lewis P. Shapiro (Editor), Lewis P. (San Diego State University Shapiro (Editor), David Swinney (Editor), David (University of California Swinney (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780123042606
• ISBN: 978-0-12-304260-6
• No. of pages: 386
• Series: Foundations of Neuropsychology; Foundations of Neuropsychology
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine