Language assessment has a crucial role in the clinical diagnosis of several
neurodegenerative diseases. The analysis of extended speech production is a precious …

The structure of the brain and the nature of evolution suggest that, despite its uniqueness,
language likely depends on brain systems that also subserve other functions. The …

A comprehensive account of the neurobiological basis of language, arguing that species-
specific brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for language. Language …

This New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language from
the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature and The Sense of Style and …

This book is the outcome of over 25 years of research into neurolinguistic aspects of
bilingualism. It will therefore draw extensively on scattered previously published material …

When people talk, they gesture. Gesture is a fundamental component of language that
contributes meaningful and unique information to a spoken message and reflects the …

How do we learn to produce and comprehend non-literal language? Competing theories
have only partially accounted for the variety of language comprehension evoked in …

The central focus of this text is language development as a field of basic research, but
applied issues are also considered. Chapter 1 provides an overview and history of the field …

Psycholinguistics–the field of science that examines the mental processes and knowledge
structures involved in the acquisition, comprehension, and production of language–had a …

This review proposes that implicit learning processes are the cognitive substrate of social
intuition. This hypothesis is supported by (a) the conceptual correspondence between …