neurolinguistics
Cerebral communication research
Neurolinguistics is the study of how the brain processes language—how neural structures enable us to speak, understand, read, and write.
The field draws on linguistics, neuroscience, and psychology to investigate questions like how stroke damage affects speech or which brain regions activate during word retrieval.
Her neurolinguistics research focuses on bilingual language processing.
Science of mental speech processes
- sociolinguisticsStudy of language variation
- cognitive scienceStudy of mental processes
Rules for arranging words
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- pragmaticsLanguage-in-context study
lexicon · grammar · bilingualism · comprehension · expression · prosody · fluency · word recognition
Neurological language impairment
- dyslexiaDifficulty processing written language
- dysarthriaMotor speech muscle disorder
- agraphiaInability to write
- alexiaNeurological reading impairment
anomia · apraxia · stuttering · dysgraphia · recovery · rehabilitation · therapy · assessment
Organ's external tissue
- BrocaNeuroscientist behind speech-area discovery
- hemispheresHalf-spherical divisions
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
- synapsesNeuron-to-neuron transmission points
neurotransmitters · lobes · gyrus · sulcus · white matter · gray matter · lateralization · plasticity
Magnetic neural activity imaging
- EEGNeural activity recording
- PETNuclear medicine imaging
- neuroimagingVisualizing nervous system structure
- electrophysiologyBiology's electrical activity science
brain mapping · stimulation · longitudinal · cross-sectional · reaction time
Systematic operation on data
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
recognition · awareness · consciousness · attention · reasoning · conceptualization · interpretation · encoding
psycholinguistics
Science of mental speech processes
- sociolinguisticsStudy of language variation
- cognitive scienceStudy of mental processes
syntax
Rules for arranging words
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
pragmatics · lexicon · grammar · bilingualism · comprehension · expression · prosody · fluency · word recognition · code-switching
aphasia
Neurological language impairment
- dyslexiaDifficulty processing written language
- dysarthriaMotor speech muscle disorder
- agraphiaInability to write
alexia · anomia · apraxia · stuttering · dysgraphia · recovery · rehabilitation · therapy · assessment · deficit
cortex
Organ's external tissue
- BrocaNeuroscientist behind speech-area discovery
- hemispheresHalf-spherical divisions
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
synapses · neurotransmitters · lobes · gyrus · sulcus · white matter · gray matter · lateralization · plasticity · axon
fMRI
Magnetic neural activity imaging
- EEGNeural activity recording
- PETNuclear medicine imaging
- neuroimagingVisualizing nervous system structure
electrophysiology · brain mapping · stimulation · longitudinal · cross-sectional · reaction time
processing
Systematic operation on data
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- memoryMind's retention capacity
learning · recognition · awareness · consciousness · attention · reasoning · conceptualization · interpretation · encoding · priming
- linguisticsphoneme, phonemes, morpheme, morphemes, lexeme
- linguistic textbooksgrammar manuals, grammar books, dialectology, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics
- interdisciplinescognitive science, bioinformatics, bioethics, neuroscience, data science
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- linguistics methodssemantic analysis, contrastive analysis, fieldwork, elicitation, transcription
neurolinguisticssociolinguistics
Study of language variation
language, linguist, linguistic, neural, neuron, linguistics, neurology, neuro, neuronal