Edited by
Brigitte Stemmer, Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience and Neuropragmatics,
Université de Montréal, Canada
Harry Whitaker, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, USA
Description
In the last ten years the neuroscience of language has matured as a field. Ten years ago, neuroimaging was just being explored for neurolinguistic
questions, whereas today it constitutes a routine component. At the same time there have been significant developments in linguistic
and psychological theory that speak to the neuroscience of language. This book consolidates those advances into a single reference.
The
Handbook of the Neuroscience of Language provides a comprehensive overview of this field. Divided into five sections,
section one discusses methods and techniques including clinical assessment approaches, methods of mapping the human brain, and a theoretical
framework for interpreting the multiple levels of neural organization that contribute to language comprehension. Section two discusses
the impact imaging techniques (PET, fMRI, ERPs, electrical stimulation of language cortex, TMS) have made to language research. Section
three discusses experimental approaches to the field, including disorders at different language levels in reading as well as writing
and number processing. Additionally, chapters here present computational models, discuss the role of mirror systems for language, and
cover brain lateralization with respect to language. Part four focuses on language in special populations, in various disease processes,
and in developmental disorders. The book ends with a listing of resources in the neuroscience of language and a glossary of items and
concepts to help the novice become acquainted with the field.
Editors Stemmer & Whitaker prepared this book to reflect recent developments
in neurolinguistics, moving the book squarely into the cognitive neuroscience of language and capturing the developments in the field
over the past 7 years.
Audience:
Researchers and clinicians in neuropsychology, neuro- and psycholinguistics. Libraries and hospitals.
