Neuroscience of Language

An introductory text on the neuroscience of language. This remarkably accessible book introduces all fundamental concepts from production to comprehension and is suitable for readers with no prior knowledge of the subject.

List of contents

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

An introductory text on the neuroscience of language. This remarkably accessible book introduces all fundamental concepts from production to comprehension and is suitable for readers with no prior knowledge of the subject.

Foreword

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

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan E. Peelle, Jonathan E. (Northeastern University Peelle
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009245272
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0924527-2
• No. of pages: 303
• Series: Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Neurosciences, Psycholinguistics, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, For undergraduate education and equivalents, Psychology; Cognition