Psycholinguistics Language and the Brain

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PsycholinguisticsLanguage and the Brain

• 1848 discovery of language ability as located in
  the left part of the brain
• Construction foreman Phineas P.Gage

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Parts of the brain

• Brain stem connects the brain to the spinal cord
• Corpus callosum connects the two hemispheres
• Left hemisphere
• Right hemisphere

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Locations of language functions in the brain

• Brocas area anterior speech cortex ? involved
  in the production of speech
• Wernickes Area posterior speech cortex
  involved in the understanding of speech
• Supplementary motor area superior speech cortex
  involved in the physical articulation of speech

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The localisation view

• Specific aspects of language ability can be
  accorded specific locations in the brain
• Oversimplified view
• Recent research left hemisphereanalytic
  processing
• Right hemisphereholistic processing

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Tongue tips and slips

• Tip of the tongue phenomenoninitial sound,
  number of syllables, phonological information
• Malapropisms near misses of a word We need a
  few laughs to break up monogamy.
• Spoonerisms the interchange of two sounds You
  have hissed all my mystery lessons.
• Slips of the ear great ape grey tape, Glady
  the cross eyed bear