The Cambridge Handbook of Language and Brain

Edna Andrews

ISBN 10: 1009202286 / ISBN 13: 9781009202282

Published by Cambridge University Press, GB, 2025

About this Item

The topic of language and brain is a large and significant area of research and study, and this Handbook provides a state-of-the-art survey of the field. Bringing together contributions from an interdisciplinary team of internationally-renowned scholars, it focuses on important theoretical positions that have changed the study of language and brain in the first two decades of the 21st century. It is split into seven thematic parts, covering topics such as theoretical foundations of language and brain, neuroimaging studies of brain and language, language and cognitive development, building cognitive brain reserve and the importance of proficiency, aphasia and autism spectrum disorders, brain, language and music, and new directions and perspectives. Representing the most powerful trends in the field, it will inform new directions in the study of language and brain, cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, and scholars and advanced students will find this compilation an invaluable resource for years to come.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cambridge Handbook of Language and Brain
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009202286
• ISBN 13: 9781009202282
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 1130 grams

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Synopsis

The topic of language and brain is a large and significant area of research and study, and this Handbook provides a state-of-the-art survey of the field. Bringing together contributions from an interdisciplinary team of internationally-renowned scholars, it focuses on important theoretical positions that have changed the study of language and brain in the first two decades of the 21st century. It is split into seven thematic parts, covering topics such as theoretical foundations of language and brain, neuroimaging studies of brain and language, language and cognitive development, building cognitive brain reserve and the importance of proficiency, aphasia and autism spectrum disorders, brain, language and music, and new directions and perspectives. Representing the most powerful trends in the field, it will inform new directions in the study of language and brain, cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, and scholars and advanced students will find this compilation an invaluable resource for years to come.

About the Authors

Edna Andrews is Professor of Linguistics & Cultural Anthropology, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and the Duke Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and the Nancy & Jeffrey Marcus Distinguished Professor.

Swathi Kiran is a James and Cecelia Ying Professor of Neurorehabilitation in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences and the founding director for the Center for Brain Recovery at Boston University.