Neuroimaging and Language

Examines neuroimaging approaches to language processing including fMRI, PET, TMS, and ERP. Consideration of the neural systems underlying speaking and understanding. Topics include neural basis of speech, lexical/semantic, and syntactic processing, mirror neurons and language, multisensory integration, meanings of words, literacy, and special populations. Recommended: either NEUR0010, CPSY 0020 or CPSY 0800 and one of the following: CPSY 0400 , CPSY 0410 , CPSY 1820 , CPSY 1822 , NEUR1030, NEUR1660, or by permission.