Neuroscience of Language

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This is an introductory course on language and the brain, designed for students with no background in neuroscience. Its goal is to introduce students to the major scientific findings in this area as well as the scientific process that generated this evidence. Topics include the brain regions and networks involved in language processing in the healthy brain; how these structures develop in children; and how language skills are affected by damage to these structures.