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Overview
The Neurocognition of Language is the first critical overview of the cognitive neuroscience of language, one of the fastest-moving and most exciting areas in language research today. And it is a necessity for anyone requiring a summary of our current understanding of the relation between language and the brain. It brings together human language experts who discuss the representations and structures of language as well as the cognitive architectures that underlie speaking, listening, and reading. In addition to valuable reviews of existing brain imaging literature on word and sentence processing and contributions from brain lesion data, this book provides a basis for future brain imaging research. It even explains the prospects and problems of brain imaging techniques for the study of language, presents some of the most recent and promising analytic procedures for relating brain imaging data to the higher cognitive functions, and contains a review of the neuroanatomical structure of Broca's language area. Uniquely interdisciplinary, this book offers researchers and students in cognitive neuroscience with state-of-the-art reviews of the major language functions, while being of equal interest to researchers in linguistics and language who want to learn about language's neural bases.The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
Synopsis
The Neurocognition of Language is the first critical overview of the cognitive neuroscience of language, one of the fastest-moving and most exciting areas in language research today. And it is a necessity for anyone requiring a summary of our current understanding of the relation between language and the brain. It brings together human language experts who discuss the representations and structures of language as well as the cognitive architectures that underlie speaking, listening, and reading. In addition to valuable reviews of existing brain imaging literature on word and sentence processing and contributions from brain lesion data, this book provides a basis for future brain imaging research. It even explains the prospects and problems of brain imaging techniques for the study of language, presents some of the most recent and promising analytic procedures for relating brain imaging data to the higher cognitive functions, and contains a review of the neuroanatomical structure of Broca's language area. Uniquely interdisciplinary, this book offers researchers and students in cognitive neuroscience with state-of-the-art reviews of the major language functions, while being of equal interest to researchers in linguistics and language who want to learn about language's neural bases.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer:Amber L. Hollingsworth, MA(University of Florida)
Description:This book is a summary of cognitive and neurocognitive views of language, combining theory with neuroimaging to map function onto structure.
Purpose:This text is designed to be an integrated overview of the neurocognitive basis of human communication through a combination of current knowledge of the cognitive mechanisms underlying speaking, reading, and writing with evidence of neuroanatomic structures subserving these functions, as determined by neuroimaging techniques. In the current research environment in which the importance of an interdisciplinary paradigm is emphasized, this approach is invaluable. The editors have done an admirable job of integrating the sciences presented.
Audience:According to the editors, this book is intended to be a review of the current theories of language production and reception and their neuranatomic correlates for students and researchers in the fields of cognitive neuroscience and linguistics. While they offer brief introductions to all conceptual components presented, the topics are somewhat complex for students at an undergraduate or beginning graduate level.
Features:The spoken and written aspects of communication are covered, with both historical perspectives and current theories cited, and with insights into the neural architecture of these functions based on neuroimaging data. The editors are particularly effective in presenting both traditional cognitive and neurocognitive approaches to the study of language, comparing and contrasting these two schools of thought. The numerous brain scans and neuroimages included are excellent visual representations of the functional/structural correspondences presented, providing concrete examples of abstract concepts. One criticism is the lack of a glossary; with the abundance of scientific language, a glossary would not be amiss.
Assessment:This book is a comprehensive review of language theory, nicely integrated with evidence of subservient neural architecture gleaned from neuroimaging. It is a valuable resource for someone seeking an integrated overview of neurocognitive theories of language.
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From The Critics
Reviewer: Amber L. Hollingsworth, MA(University of Florida)Description: This book is a summary of cognitive and neurocognitive views of language, combining theory with neuroimaging to map function onto structure.
Purpose: This text is designed to be an integrated overview of the neurocognitive basis of human communication through a combination of current knowledge of the cognitive mechanisms underlying speaking, reading, and writing with evidence of neuroanatomic structures subserving these functions, as determined by neuroimaging techniques. In the current research environment in which the importance of an interdisciplinary paradigm is emphasized, this approach is invaluable. The editors have done an admirable job of integrating the sciences presented.
Audience: According to the editors, this book is intended to be a review of the current theories of language production and reception and their neuranatomic correlates for students and researchers in the fields of cognitive neuroscience and linguistics. While they offer brief introductions to all conceptual components presented, the topics are somewhat complex for students at an undergraduate or beginning graduate level.
Features: The spoken and written aspects of communication are covered, with both historical perspectives and current theories cited, and with insights into the neural architecture of these functions based on neuroimaging data. The editors are particularly effective in presenting both traditional cognitive and neurocognitive approaches to the study of language, comparing and contrasting these two schools of thought. The numerous brain scans and neuroimages included are excellent visual representations of the functional/structural correspondences presented, providing concrete examples of abstract concepts. One criticism is the lack of a glossary; with the abundance of scientific language, a glossary would not be amiss.
Assessment: This book is a comprehensive review of language theory, nicely integrated with evidence of subservient neural architecture gleaned from neuroimaging. It is a valuable resource for someone seeking an integrated overview of neurocognitive theories of language.
4 Stars! from Doody