Language and Action in Cognitive Neuroscience

This book collates evidence from behavioural, brain imagery and stroke-patient studies, to discuss how cognitive and neural processes are responsible for language.

M. Jeannerod, Foreword Part 1. Language and Action: Past, Present and Future P. Jacob, Embodied Cognition, Communication and the Language Faculty Part 2. Motor origin of language M. Corballis, Toward a Darwinian Perspective on Language Evolution M. Gentilucci, G. C. Campione, From Action to Speech Part 3. Action in Language Processing Y. Coello, C. Ildéi-Bidet, Motor Representation and Language in Space, Object, and Movement Perception S. Rueschemeyer, H. Bekkering, Embodied Lexical Representations: Flexible Tools for Predicting the Future A. Borghi, Action Language Comprehension, Affordances and Goals, L. J. Taylor, R. Zwaan, Fault Tolerant Comprehension Part 4. Action in Language Acquisition J. Velay, M. Longcamp, Motor Skills and Written Language Perception: Contribution of Writing Knowledge to Visual Recognition of Graphic Shapes J. Bullens, N. Lienenkämper, F. Wijnen, A. Postma, Children's Use of Spatial Reference Frames in Verbal and Non-Verbal Tasks Part 5. Action in Spatial Language and Numbers J. E. Miller, L. A. Carlson, Functional Effects in Spatial Language K. R. Coventry, On the Mapping Between Spatial Language and the Vision and Action Systems M. Fischer, The Spatial Mapping of Numbers: its Origin and Flexibility M. Ishiara, Y. Rossetti, P. E. Keller, W. Prinz, Horizontal Spatial Representations of Number and Time: Continuous Number and Categorical Time Line Part 5. Language and Action Within the Brain L. Aziz-Zadeh, Embodied Semantics for Language Related to Actions: A Review of fMRI and Neuropsychological Research H. Stieglitz-Ham, A. Bartolo, The Relationship Between Gesture and Language in Brain Damaged Patients and Individuals with Autism T. A. Nazir, R. Fargier, P. Aravena, V. Boulenger, When Words Trigger Activity in the Brain's Sensory and Motor Systems: It is not Remembrance of Things Past Part 6. Language and Action in Cognitive Neuroscience: A Final Note Y. Coello, A. Bartolo, Contribution of the Action System to Language Perception and Comprehension: Evidence and Controversies