Neurolinguistics Blog

 Niko Cantu

Mr.Roddy

IHSS

7 September 2021


Neurolinguistics

Neurolinguistics is the study of how language is represented inside of your brain and how it is stored and used. Neurolinguistics, similar to philosophers, asks a lot of questions pertaining to the relationship between the brian and language as well as the effects of aphasia and brain damage. An interesting connection that our brian has with language is your senses. Our senses allow us to remember what something looks like, or feel like giving us words to help describe and respond to that thing. For example it explained how when someone says the word apple the first thing that is most likely going to pop into your head is what an apple looks like because that is how we would describe or perceive it. While it sounds like  a process that you would notice it usually will happen completely unconsciously. Switching gears to a big part of the article, aphasia, which is the loss of the ability to understand or express speech, which is usually caused by brian damage. Anyone can be affected by aphasia however, if an adult is affected by aphasia, while it is possible to recover it is far harder than if a child were to have aphasia. As studies in neurolinguistics have continued to advance with modern technology, neurologists have been able to study the brain to an even deeper level, giving us a better understanding of aphasia. We have also continued to learn and moneter the brain while we speak, listen, and read, allowing us to understand what parts of the brain are being used when we perform these activities. They also continue to understand and study how brain damage and aphasia affect those that have suffered from it and how their language and speech understanding is affected. The field of neurolinguistics is massive and will only continue to grow as we continue to study and learn about the relationship between language and our brain. 


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