Resources on Language and the Brain
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Basic
resources on langauge and the brain/neurolinguistics Resources on hemispheric
specialization and split-brain studies Resources on brain anatomy and the
evolution of the human brain |
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Basic resources
on language and the brain Language
and the Brain – created as a class project by students at Princeton basic
information on Language and the Brain “Oh Say Can You Say –
The Brain and Language” Neuroscience for kids – includes basic information
on language and the brain and animal communication William H. Calvin and Derek Bickerton, Lingua ex Machina:
Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the human brain (MIT Press, 2000) On-line
book about the relationship between linguistic theory and evolution |
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Resources on hemispheric specialization
and split-brain studies Handedness and Brain
Lateralization – an introduction to hemispheric specialization
Information
on Split Brain studies from Macalester College |
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Recent
research on Aphasia from the National Institute on Deafness and other
Communication Disorders How can I communicate with
a relative who’s had a stroke?from the LSA Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center at Boston
University Links on aphasia from MedLinePlus from the
National Library of Medicine Broca's original 1861 article
"Remarks on
the Seat of the Faculty of Articulated Language, Following an
Observation of Aphemia (Loss of Speech)" from "Classics
inPsychology" by translated by Christopher D. Green York U. also his
article “Loss
of speech, chronic softening and partial destruction of the anterior left
lobe of the brain” translated by C. D. Green. |
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Resources on the structure
and evolution of the human brain The secret life of the brain PBS
series Virtual
Hospital – The Human Brain: Dissections of the Real Brain Evolution
of language from brainconnection.com Languages pages
from ThinkQuest Replicators page on evolution Machine and
Mind on brain organization and artificial intelligence created for a
class on “Science for the 21st century” at Syracuse University The Whole Brain Atlas - a site from Harvard with images of
healthy brains and brains with lesions (among others) PET Brain Atlas - from the Crump Institute for Biological
Imaging at UCLA |