Why Brain Oscillations Are Improving Our Understanding of Language
We explore the potential that brain oscillations have for improving our understanding of how language develops, is processed in the brain, and initially evolved in our species. The different synchronization patterns of brain rhythms can account for different perceptual and cognitive functions, and w...
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| description | We explore the potential that brain oscillations have for improving our understanding of how language develops, is processed in the brain, and initially evolved in our species. The different synchronization patterns of brain rhythms can account for different perceptual and cognitive functions, and we argue that this includes language. We aim to address six distinct questions—the What, How, Where, Who, Why, and When questions—pertaining to oscillatory investigations of language. Language deficits found in clinical conditions like autism, schizophrenia and dyslexia can be satisfactorily construed in terms of an abnormal, disorder-specific pattern of brain rhythmicity. Lastly, an eco-evo-devo approach to language is defended with explicit reference to brain oscillations, embracing a framework that considers language evolution to be the result of a changing environment surrounding developmental paths of the primate brain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e8e5efebfb044c98de8738754f7147d2022-12-22T00:26:45ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience1662-51532019-08-011310.3389/fnbeh.2019.00190471002Why Brain Oscillations Are Improving Our Understanding of LanguageAntonio Benítez-Burraco0Elliot Murphy1Faculty of Philology, University of Seville, Seville, SpainDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, United KingdomWe explore the potential that brain oscillations have for improving our understanding of how language develops, is processed in the brain, and initially evolved in our species. The different synchronization patterns of brain rhythms can account for different perceptual and cognitive functions, and we argue that this includes language. We aim to address six distinct questions—the What, How, Where, Who, Why, and When questions—pertaining to oscillatory investigations of language. Language deficits found in clinical conditions like autism, schizophrenia and dyslexia can be satisfactorily construed in terms of an abnormal, disorder-specific pattern of brain rhythmicity. Lastly, an eco-evo-devo approach to language is defended with explicit reference to brain oscillations, embracing a framework that considers language evolution to be the result of a changing environment surrounding developmental paths of the primate brain.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00190/fulloscillationsgammadeltathetacross-frequency couplingschizophrenia |
| spellingShingle | Antonio Benítez-Burraco Elliot Murphy Why Brain Oscillations Are Improving Our Understanding of Language Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience oscillations gamma delta theta cross-frequency coupling schizophrenia |
| title | Why Brain Oscillations Are Improving Our Understanding of Language |
| title_full | Why Brain Oscillations Are Improving Our Understanding of Language |
| title_fullStr | Why Brain Oscillations Are Improving Our Understanding of Language |
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| title_short | Why Brain Oscillations Are Improving Our Understanding of Language |
| title_sort | why brain oscillations are improving our understanding of language |
| topic | oscillations gamma delta theta cross-frequency coupling schizophrenia |
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