Action and perception are functionally linked in the brain, but a hotly debated question is
whether perception and comprehension of stimuli depend on motor circuits. Brain language …

In speaking and comprehending language, word information is retrieved from memory and
combined into larger units (unification). Unification operations take place in parallel at the …

A classic book about language acquisition and conceptual structure, with a new preface by
the author," The Secret Life of Verbs." Before Steven Pinker wrote bestsellers on language …

As a cognitive neuropsychologist, Tim Shallice considers the general question of what can
be learned about the operation of the normal cognitive system from the study of the cognitive …

Rethinking Innateness asks the question," What does it really mean to say that a behavior is
innate?" The authors describe a new framework in which interactions, occurring at all levels …

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language provides an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and
pedagogically practical survey of the most important developments in this exciting field. It …

Within linguistic theory, many phenomena that were previously handled by a separate
grammatical component have been moved into the lexicon; in some theories, the contrast …

A new view of the functional role of the left anterior cortex in language use is proposed. The
experimental record indicates that most human linguistic abilities are not localized in this …

This textbook augments the first edition through the inclusion of a set of reseach and review
papers selected by the authors to supplement the contents of each chapter by providing a …

Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly
updated fourth edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive and student …