Course titel
Brain and Language
Teacher
Stella
de Bode
E-mail: sdebode@ucla.edu / s.debode@umcutrecht.nl
Postal
Address:
UMC Utrecht
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Section Brain function and plasticity
Rudolf
Magnus Institute of Neuroscience
Stratenum building
Room STR5.203
Universiteitsweg 100
3584 CG Utrecht
The Netherlands
Homepage:
http://www.umcutrecht.nl/subsite/Rudolf_Magnus_Institute/Staff/Staff_D_-_F/De-Bode-S.htm
Beginner / Intermediate
In this class we will briefly review basic tenets of brain and its structures involved in language processing. We will discuss ways to experimentally study language in the brain (from Dichotic Listening and Wada test to brain imaging techniques visualizing gray and white matter). Next, we will consider acquired language disorders (aphasia) and developmental conditions such as Specific Language Impairment. Finally, we will investigate a case of extreme brain reorganization following surgical removal of one (left or right) cerebral hemisphere due to seizures. Language outcomes of Hemispherectomy (complete removal and/or disconnction of one hemisphere) will be used as an example of combining linguistic theory and neuroscience.
Monday: Brain
Structures. Overview and language
processing in the brain
Tuesday: Experimental
Methods (WADA, DL, EEG, fMRI)
Wednesday: Aphasia
Thursday: SLI
Friday: Language
in one hemisphere
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and preparatory readings:
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Course readings:
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