The neurophysiological response during comprehension and production of sign language has been studied using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) since the advent of neuroimaging. Deaf signers have been …
Synaptic plasticity is widely considered to provide the neurobiological basis of learning and memory. From the perspective of “classical” cognitive science, this view cannot be upheld. Here, I summarise the argument against the synapse as the (sole) …
The cognitive revolution of the 1950s reinvigorated the idea that the brain is the organ enabling the mind. Hence, the human ability to acquire and use language, a fundamentally mental property, must be considered and studied as a property of the …