Cognitive Neuroscience of Language Books

New and Published Books

1. The Equilibrium of Human Syntax

   Symmetries in the Brain

   By Andrea Moro

   Series: Routledge Leading Linguists

   This book assembles a collection of papers in two different domains: formal syntax and neurolinguistics. Here Moro provides evidence that the two fields are becoming more and more interconnected and that the new fascinating empirical questions and results in the latter field cannot be obtained...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
2. Reading and Dyslexia in Different Orthographies

   Edited by Nicola Brunswick, Sine McDougall, Paul de Mornay Davies

   This book provides a unique and accessible account of current research on reading and dyslexia in different orthographies. While most research has been conducted in English, this text presents cross-language comparisons to provide insights into universal aspects of reading development and...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Psychology Press
3. Language and Action in Cognitive Neuroscience

   Edited by Yann Coello, Angela Bartolo

   Series: Contemporary Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience

   This book collates the most up to date evidence from behavioural, brain imagery and stroke-patient studies, to discuss the ways in which cognitive and neural processes are responsible for language processing. Divided into six sections, the edited volume presents arguments from evolutionist,...

   Published November 4th 2012 by Psychology Press
4. Neurorhetorics

   Edited by Jordynn Jack

   Series: Rhetoric Society Quarterly

   In academia, as well as in popular culture, the prefix "neuro-" now occurs with startling frequency. Scholars now publish research in the fields of neuroeconomics, neurophilosophy, neuromarketing, neuropolitics, and neuroeducation. Consumers are targeted with enhanced products and services, such as...

   Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Semantic Processing

   A Special Issue of Language and Cognitive Processes

   Edited by Wolfram Hinzen, David Poeppel

   Series: Special Issues of Language and Cognitive Processes

   The issue presents a selection of approaches to the cognitive neuroscience of semantic processing. The term ‘semantics’ covers a range of approaches: perception-based conceptual structures, the impact of concepts such as animacy on syntactically determined meaning, the unification of incoming...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Psychology Press
6. Talking Heads

   The Neuroscience of Language

   By Gianfranco Denes

   The origin, development, and nature of language has been the focus of theoretical debate among philosophers for many centuries. Following the pioneering clinical observations 150 years ago of loss of language following a cerebral lesion, language started to be considered a biological system, that...

   Published September 6th 2011 by Psychology Press
7. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Human Communication

   By Vesna Mildner

   This is a book about speech and language. It is primarily intended for those interested in speech and its neurophysiological bases: phoneticians, linguists, educators, speech therapists, psychologists, and neuroscientists. Although speech and language are its central topic, it provides information...

   Published October 11th 2007 by Psychology Press
8. Higher Level Language Processes in the Brain

   Inference and Comprehension Processes

   Edited by Franz Schmalhofer, Charles A. Perfetti

   Higher Level Language Processes in the Brain is a groundbreaking book that explains how behavior research, computational models, and brain imaging results can be unified in the study of human comprehension. The volume illustrates the most comprehensive and newest findings on the topic. Each section...

   Published March 4th 2007 by Psychology Press