LIN 310 - Signs of Language in the Brain

This course looks at language as a capacity of the human brain. Models of language breakdown for spoken languages are reviewed, and the remainder of the course focuses upon signed language aphasia, the effects of Parkinson’s disease on articulation and motor planning, and how spatial and attentional deficits caused by right hemisphere damage affect the processing and production of signing.

Prerequisite(s): LIN 185.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3

Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Linguistics