Wired for Words
The Neural Architecture of Language
$309.30
- Paperback
440 pages
- Release Date
5 January 2026
Summary
A critical synthesis of over 150 years of research on the brain’s networks that enable us to communicate through language.
The neural architecture of language has been a hotly debated topic in neurology, cognitive neuroscience, linguistics, and philosophy since the early 1800s. Is language separable from intelligence? Is it enabled by dedicated and localizable neural networks? Do we speak and understand with our left hemisphere? How did language emerge? Is language grounded in sensori…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262553414 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262553414 |
| Author: | Gregory Hickok |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 440 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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“Hickok’s book is essential reading for both novices and hardened experts in the fields of cognitive neuroscience and the neuropsychology of speech and language.”
—Biolinguistics
About The Author
Gregory Hickok
Gregory Hickok is Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Sciences and Language Science at UC Irvine where he serves as Chair of the Department of Language Science. He was the first elected Chair of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language and is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the author of The Myth of Mirror Neurons.
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