David Copland, University of Queensland

This course will overview how neuroscientific and psycholinguistic approaches have contributed to our understanding of aphasia (language loss as a result of acquired neurological damage) and other neurogenic language disorders (such as that seen in people with schizophrenia). The course will provide examples of how functional neuroimaging, electrophysiological recordings, and behavioural studies of real-time language processing can further our understanding of the neural and functional architecture of language processing in healthy and neurologically impaired individuals, and can help to identify the brain mechanisms underlying language recovery after neurological insult, including treatment induced neuroplasticity. Hemispheric contributions to language and the pharmacological modulation of normal and disordered language will be discussed. Future directions for research in language neuroscience and adult neurogenic language disorders will also be explored.