The Languages of the Brain / / ed. by Yves Christen, Stephen M. Kosslyn, Albert M. Galaburda.

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• MitwirkendeR: Alpert, Nathaniel,; Ambady, Nalini,; Berthoz, Alain,; Caplan, David,; Caramazza, Alfonso,; Changeux, Jean-Pierre,; Christen, Yves,; Dehaene, Stanislas,; Denis, Michel,; Dohi, Michiko,; Démonet, Jean-François,; Galaburda, Albert M.,; Grosz, Barbara J.,; Hallahan, Mark,; Holmes, Nigel,; Jacob, Pierre,; Jeannerod, Marc,; Klein, Isabelle,; Kosslyn, Stephen M.,; Lambrey, Simon,; Le Bihan, Denis,; Mazoyer, Bernard,; Mehler, Jacques,; Mellet, Emmanuel,; Ramus, Franck,; Recanati, François,; Shearer, Rhonda Roland,; Snow, Catherine E,; Spelke, Elizabeth S.,; Thierry, Guillaume,; Tzourio, Nathalie,; Viaud-Delmon, Isabelle,; Waters, Gloria,; Zaltman, Gerald,; Zurif, Edgar,
• HerausgeberIn: Christen, Yves,; Galaburda, Albert M.,; Kosslyn, Stephen M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 p.)

The only way we can convey our thoughts in detail to another person is through verbal language. Does this imply that our thoughts ultimately rely on words? Is there only one way in which thoughts can occur? This ambitious book takes the contrary position, arguing that many possible "languages of thought" play different roles in the life of the mind. "Language" is more than communication. It is also a means of representing information in both working and long-term memory. It provides a set of rules for combining and manipulating those representations. A stellar lineup of international cognitive scientists, philosophers, and artists make the book's case that the brain is multilingual. Among topics discussed in the section on verbal languages are the learning of second languages, recovering language after brain damage, and sign language, and in the section on nonverbal languages, mental imagery, representations of motor activity, and the perception and representation of space.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I Verbal Representation -- Introduction -- Section 1 Verbal Processes -- 1 The Neuroanatomy of Categories -- 2 The Neurological Organization of Some Language-Processing Constituents -- 3 Brain Organization for Syntactic Processing -- 4 Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Phonological and Semantic Processes -- Discussion: Section 1 -- Section 2 Verbal Content -- Introduction -- 5 Can Mental Content Explain Behavior? -- 6 Deference and Indexicality -- 7 How Is Conceptual Knowledge Organized in the Brain? Clues from Category-Specific Deficits -- 8 Discourse Structure, Intentions, and Intonation -- Discussion: Section 2 -- Section 3 Verbal Variants -- Introduction -- 9 Second Language Learners and Understanding the Brain -- 10 In Praise of Functional Psychology -- 11 Verbal and Nonverbal Representations of Numbers in the Human Brain -- Discussion: Section 3 -- PART II Nonverbal Representation -- Introduction -- Section 4 Perception and Language -- 12 Visual and Language Area Interactions during Mental Imagery -- 13 Can the Human Brain Construct Visual Mental Images from Linguistic Inputs? -- 14 Making Area V1 Glow in Visual Imagery -- 15 Developing Knowledge of Space: Core Systems and New Combinations -- Discussion: Section 4 -- Section 5 Visual and Motor Representations -- 16 Einstein’s Mental Images: The Role of Visual, Spatial, and Motoric Representations -- 17 Spatial Memory during Navigation: What Is Being Stored, Maps or Movements? -- 18 Naturalization of Mental States and Personal Identity -- 19 Using Nonverbal Representations of Behavior: Perceiving Sexual Orientation -- Discussion: Section 5 -- Section 6 Representations in the World -- 20 The Gap between Seeing and Drawing -- 21 Rethinking Images and Metaphors: New Geometries as Key to Artistic and Scientific Revolutions -- 22 Eliciting Mental Models through Imagery -- 23 Creation, Art, and the Brain -- Discussion: Section 6 -- Contributors -- Index