(Ebook PDF) Handbook of the Neuroscience of Language 1st edition by Brigitte Stemmer, Harry Whitaker 008045352X 78-0080453521 full chapters

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Authors:BRIGITTE STEMMER , Series:Biomedical [5] , Tags:Biomedicine , Author sort:STEMMER, BRIGITTE , Ids:9780080453521 , Languages:Languages:eng , Published:Published:Apr 2008 , Publisher:Elsevier , Comments:Comments:A decade has passed since the 1998 publication of theHandbook of Neurolinguistics, the fi rst reference book in thefi eld. During these 10 years the fi eld has matured, new theorieshave been advanced and old ones supported or retracted.Although there is little continuity in the content of cognitivemodels of brain function from the middle ages with those ofthe late twentieth and early twenty-fi rst centuries, there is aremarkable continuity in the goal: we are still fascinated withbrain geography. The remarkable developments in humanbrain imaging to date – one of us (H.W.) personally rememberswhen the EMI company introduced CAT scans of braindamagedindividuals in grand rounds at the Mayo Clinic inearly 1972 – and the even more remarkable developments tocome, bode well for the future of neurolinguistics. Whereas10 years ago, neuroimaging was just being explored for neurolinguisticquestions, today it constitutes a routine component.Nevertheless, what one should keep in mind, as the presentHandbook of the Neuroscience of Language clearly demonstrates,is that developments in linguistic and psychologicaltheory are equally important. The image means nothing untiland unless it is validly interpreted. Describing language andcommunication disorders and correlating them with lesionsites was a beginning; studying the neural systems associatedwith language and communication within the framework ofinteracting brain systems that mediate affective, cognitiveand monitoring systems is the challenge