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Further Details Title: Language and the Brain Condition: New Subtitle: A Slim Guide to Neurolinguistics ISBN-10: 0198814763 EAN: 9780198814764 ISBN: 9780198814764 Publisher: Oxford University Press Format: Paperback Release Date: 05/12/2022 Description: This book introduces readers to the state-of-the-art neuroscientific research that is revolutionizing our understanding of language. Interest in the brain bases of language goes back to the birth of the modern neurosciences in the late nineteenth century. Today, tools such as fMRI and EEG allow us to study brain activity non-invasively as people perform complex cognitive tasks like talking or reading. In this book, Jonathan Brennan shows how brain signals are connected with the intricate cognitive structures that underlie human language. Each chapter focuses on specific insights including the neural codes for speech perception, meaning, and sentence structure. The book also explores larger themes such as how to connect abstract notions like "knowing a language" to concrete signals that are measured in a laboratory, and how to reconcile apparently conflicting pieces of data that arise from different experiments. Written in an accessible, conversational style, and featuring a glossary of key terms, this slim guide will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in how the human brain allows us to use language. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 216mm Item Length: 135mm Item Width: 11mm Genre: Society & Culture Author: Jonathan R. Brennan Item Weight: 300g Topic: Language & Reference Release Year: 2022 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.