The Neurocognition of language production: introduction to the special topic

Kristof Strijkers

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00198

Abstract

The Neurocognition of language production: introduction to the special topic

Highlights

This is especially so thanks to technical advances and demonstrations that brain activity associated to cognitive processes can be reliably recorded in overt naming tasks with neuroimaging (e.g., Damasio et al, 1996), magnetoencephalographical (e.g., Salmelin et al, 1994; Levelt et al, 1998), and electrophysiological techniques (e.g., Eulitz et al, 2000; Christoffels et al, 2007; Strijkers et al, 2010). The goal of this Special Topic is to provide the reader with a general notion of how these techniques can be used to study the cognition of language production from a plural perspective
The Special Topic comprises both review articles providing current overviews of overt naming studies employing neurophysiological techniques and of methodological aspects of such studies, and original research articles addressing questions of various sub-domains related to speech production and further demonstrating how neurophysiological techniques can be applied to address complex cognitive questions
With respect to the original research articles, the Special Topic includes contributions concerning a wide range of speech production theory, illustrating the strong potential of neurophysiological investigations to address relevant cognitive questions for many areas in the field

Summary

Introduction

This is especially so thanks to technical advances and demonstrations that brain activity associated to cognitive processes can be reliably recorded in overt naming tasks with neuroimaging (e.g., Damasio et al, 1996), magnetoencephalographical (e.g., Salmelin et al, 1994; Levelt et al, 1998), and electrophysiological techniques (e.g., Eulitz et al, 2000; Christoffels et al, 2007; Strijkers et al, 2010).

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