Languages of the Brain

Albert M. Galaburda is Emily Fisher-Landau Professor of Neurology (Neuroscience) at Harvard Medical School. Stephen M. Kosslyn is John Lindsley Professor of Psychology in Memory of William James, Emeritus, at Harvard University and Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Yves Christen is Vice President of Fondation Ipsen in Paris.

• Preface Introduction Albert M. Galaburda, Stephen M. Kosslyn, and Yves Christen Part I Verbal Representation Section 1 Verbal Processes 1. The Neuroanatomy of Categories Albert M. Galaburda 2. The Neurological Organization of Some Language-Processing Constituents Edgar Zurif 3. Brain Organization for Syntactic Processing David Caplan, Nathaniel Alpert, and Gloria Waters 4. Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Phonological and Semantic Processes Jean-Francois Demonet and Guillaume Thierry Discussion: Section 1 Section 2 Verbal Content

This is an extremely useful book, one that will have wide appeal to an audience of cognitive scientists, neuroscientists, psychologists, philosophers, and possibly the growing number of humanities scholars interested in the interface of cognitive science and the arts. I can't think of any book that collects so many approaches to mental representation between one set of covers and that gathers together the latest work and thoughts of so many stellar researchers in cognitive science. The introductory chapter, moreover serves as an excellent survey and overview.