The Mirror System
what is the mirror system? Give an example.
a network involving the brains motor cortex. This is highlighted when you watch someone perform an action
damage in broca's area results in
language production deficits
the discipline that examines the underlying neurological structures and systems that support language
What is Neurolinguistics
Who was the mirror system reported by?
Giacomo Rizzolatti and his colleagues
why are studies involving brain dead patients hard to follow?
disorder producing brain damage rarely occurs in the same way across multiple people even if they have similar symptoms.
Research says that the neurological basis is
complicated
what happened in the calvo-merino studies?
They studied the brain when participants watched classical ballet. The FMRI lit up more than other types of dance.
what is the focus on broca's area?
language processing
the region of the brain that is responsible for facial cognition
inferotemporal cortex
How is mirror neurons relative to your own language?
communication goes beyond hearing auditory stimuli and reading written material in language processing.
what types of stimuli are involved in broca's area?
music, speech gestures, imagery,
the ability to successfully comprehend or produce language involves:
attention, working memory, long term memory, motor systems, perceptual systems
who states that language is not limited to spoken and written messages?
Rizzolatti and Craighero (2009)
What did Novick, Truswell an Thompson-Schill acknowledge?
In FMRI experiments Broca's area is often activated in many language related tasks
why is the FMRI technique not best to use for tracking the undertstanding of language in the brain?
It cannot process/ scan fast enough in a reliable timeframe