Dates

Topic

Readings

Web Refs

Week 1

August 29-31

Neuroanatomy

Lamb 1999a: Introducing the Brain

Brain

Brodmann

Week 2-6

September 5 – October 5

Aphasiology

Benson&Ardila 1996: Historical Background

Goodglass 1993: Disorders of Repetition

A. Damasio1998: Signs of Aphasia

Benson&Ardila 1996: Perisylvian Aphasias

Goodglass 1993: Laterality

H. Damasio 1998: Neuroanatomical Correlates

Goodglass 1993: Disorders of Syntax and Morphology

Rapp&Caramazza 1995: Lexical Disorders

Tranel et al. 1997: Explaining Category-related effects

Week 7

October 10-12

Brain Imaging

Gazzaniga Olvry & Mangun, Imaging the Healthy Brain

MSI

October 17

 Mid-Term Break

Week 8(Th)-12

October 19 – November 16

Cortical Information Processing

Lamb 2004: Dimensions of the Territory

Pulvermüller 2002: Neuronal Structure and Function

Goodhill et al. 2002: Cortical Columns

Lamb 2005: Language and Brain

Lamb 1999a: The Anatomy of Language

Lamb 1999b: Local and Distributed Representation

Novak & Lamb in press: Nouns and Verbs

Beeman 1998: Coarse Semantic Coding and Discourse

Foreword

Networks

Columns

Activation

Arcuate

Week 13 – Tu

November 21

E X A M  

Week 13 – Th

November 23

Thanksgiving Recess

Week 14 - Tu

Transcortical Processing

Lamb 2004: Perception of Speech

Week 14 – 15

November 30 – December 7

Student Reports