neurolinguística

Neurolinguistics is an interdisciplinary field that studies the neural mechanisms in the human brain that control the comprehension, production, and acquisition of language. It sits at the intersection of linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, and cognitive science. Researchers in neurolinguistics aim to understand how the brain processes and generates language, exploring questions such as how we learn new words, how we understand spoken or written sentences, and what happens in the brain when language is impaired due to injury or disease.

Key areas of investigation include the localization of language functions within the brain, such as the roles of Broca's area in language production and Wernicke's area in language comprehension. Studies often employ neuroimaging techniques like fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) and EEG (electroencephalography) to observe brain activity during language tasks. Neurolinguistics also examines language disorders like aphasia, which can result from strokes or other brain damage, to gain insights into the underlying neural architecture of language. Furthermore, the field explores how language develops in children and how bilingualism affects brain structure and function. The ultimate goal is to build a comprehensive model of the brain's language system.