Language and the Brain

This course will examine the neural systems underlying language and its parts – sounds, words, sentences, and meaning. We will examine effects of brain injury on speaking and understanding in individuals with left hemisphere injury, right hemisphere injury, and with the two hemispheres split. We will also study brain plasticity by examining recovery of language in aphasia and the effects on language when there is deprivation to areas of the brain specialized for hearing in the deaf and seeing in the blind. Behavioral, electrophysiological and neuroimaging evidence will be investigated in those with and without brain injury. Prerequisites: one of the following – CPSY 0010 , LING 0100 , CPSY 0450 , NEUR 0010 .