02329nam a2200337Ia 4500 20260803094250.0 251212s2022 xx 000 0 und d Language and the brain : a slim guide to neurolinguistics / Jonathan R. Brennan. Brennan, Jonathan R. Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022. xi, 208 pages: illustrations 21 cm Includes bibliographic references and index 9780198814764 Neurolinguistics CIR 612.82336 B7506 2022 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 HED6756 in English College Library Introduction -- The toolbox -- Sounds in the brain -- A neural code for speech -- Activating words -- Representing meaning -- Structure and prediction -- Composing sentences -- Building dependencies -- Wrapping up "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."--Jacket 0 text unmediated volume lcc BK dsolimen 2024-12-10 09:41:58 dsolimen 2024-12-10 09:41:58 13116 12990 12990 0 0 ddc 0 0 HED HED HED 2025-12-21 CIR 612.82336 B7506 2022 HED6756 2026-06-02 00:00:00 2025-12-21 BK