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245	1		_aLanguage and the brain : _ba slim guide to neurolinguistics / _cJonathan R. Brennan.
100			_aBrennan, Jonathan R.
260			_aOxford ; New York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c2022.
300			_axi, 208 pages: _billustrations
300			_c21 cm
500			_aIncludes bibliographic references and index
020			_a9780198814764
650			_aNeurolinguistics
944			_aCIR
050			_a612.82336 B7506 2022
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953			_pHED6756
546			_ain English
953			_cCollege Library
505			_aIntroduction -- The toolbox -- Sounds in the brain -- A neural code for speech -- Activating words -- Representing meaning -- Structure and prediction -- Composing sentences -- Building dependencies -- Wrapping up
520			_a"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
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