Language Processing in the Primary Cortex

Table of Contents

List of figures

1.Introduction

2. Terminology: Language and Language Processing

3. Basic Ideas about Brain and Language: A Historical Review
3.1 Antiquity
3.2 Middle ages to 1800
3.3 Localism of Gall and Broca
3.4 Associationism: Wernicke and Lichtheim
3.5 Jackson’s Evolutionary Model
3.6 The Concept of Holism
3.7 Dynamic Localization of Function
3.8 Geschwind’s Concept of Connectionism

4. Brain Anatomy
4.1 The Meninges
4.2 The Brain stem
4.3 The Cerebellum
4.4 The Diencephalon
4.5 The Cerebrum
4.6 The Cerebral Cortex
4.7 Gray and White Matter
4.8 The Ventricular System
4.9 Blood Supply

5. The Core Cortical Language Areas
5.1 Language Lateralization
5.2 Broca’s Area
5.3 Wernicke’s Area
5.4 Angular and Supramarginal Gyrus

6. Linguistic and Neural Mechanism of Language Components
6.1 The Dual Loop Model
6.2 Linguistic Organization of Speech Production
6.3 Linguistic Organization of Speech Comprehension
6.4 Linguistic Organization of Written Language Comprehension
6.5 Neuroanatomical Organization of Speech Production
6.6 Neuroanatomical Organization of Speech Comprehension
6.7 The Neuroanatomical Organization of Written Language Comprehension

7. Aphasia: Syndromes and Symptoms
7.1 Broca’s Aphasia
7.2 Wernicke’s Aphasia
7.3 Conduction Aphasia

8. Methods of Investigation
8.1 Cerebral Angiography
8.2 Neural Stimulation
8.3 Wada Test
8.4 Structural Neural Imaging: CT and MRI
8.5 Functional Neural Imaging: EEG, ERP, MEG, PET, rCBF, and fMRI

9. Conclusion

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