Gradients of plasticity
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Lara Polse
Abstract
Despite their partially distinctive neural substrates, in typical adults language and emotion function together as well-integrated communicative systems. Both patient and neuroimaging research has furthered our knowledge of the brain organization underlying language and emotion, yet we know little about how this organization develops. In this chapter we discuss the initial state of brain organization for language and emotion, and how these systems develop and change over developmental time. We address these topics by investigating patterns of language and emotion processing in a population of infants and young children with unilateral perinatal strokes. Our studies reveal gradients of neural plasticity across language and emotion communicative systems, with relatively greater neural plasticity for language compared to emotion-processing.
Abstract
Despite their partially distinctive neural substrates, in typical adults language and emotion function together as well-integrated communicative systems. Both patient and neuroimaging research has furthered our knowledge of the brain organization underlying language and emotion, yet we know little about how this organization develops. In this chapter we discuss the initial state of brain organization for language and emotion, and how these systems develop and change over developmental time. We address these topics by investigating patterns of language and emotion processing in a population of infants and young children with unilateral perinatal strokes. Our studies reveal gradients of neural plasticity across language and emotion communicative systems, with relatively greater neural plasticity for language compared to emotion-processing.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
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Theory
- The developmental psychology and neuropsychology of emotion in language 3
- Primal emotions and cultural evolution of language: 27
- Emotion on board 49
- The origins of emotion and language from the perspective of developmental neuropsychology 69
- Language and emotion in Merleau-Ponty 99
- Enkinaesthetic polyphony: 113
- Emotion in language 135
- Language and emotion 157
- Prosodic clustering in speech: From emotional to semantic processes 175
- Embodied language and the process of language learning and teaching 191
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Research
- Research on the relationship between language and emotion - A descriptive overview 211
- Word valence and its effects 241
- The occurrence of idioms in the emotion lexicon of children 257
- "Without language, everything is chaos and confusion ..." 273
- Giving horror a name 289
- Mediated emotions 305
- Silences as a linguistic strategy Remarks on the role of the unsaid in romantic relationships on the internet 325
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Application
- Gradients of plasticity 343
- Mood, aphasia, and affective language comprehension 367
- What words can’t tell: 399
- Affective and internal state language in high-functioning autism 421
- Epilogue 445
- Index 453
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
-
Theory
- The developmental psychology and neuropsychology of emotion in language 3
- Primal emotions and cultural evolution of language: 27
- Emotion on board 49
- The origins of emotion and language from the perspective of developmental neuropsychology 69
- Language and emotion in Merleau-Ponty 99
- Enkinaesthetic polyphony: 113
- Emotion in language 135
- Language and emotion 157
- Prosodic clustering in speech: From emotional to semantic processes 175
- Embodied language and the process of language learning and teaching 191
-
Research
- Research on the relationship between language and emotion - A descriptive overview 211
- Word valence and its effects 241
- The occurrence of idioms in the emotion lexicon of children 257
- "Without language, everything is chaos and confusion ..." 273
- Giving horror a name 289
- Mediated emotions 305
- Silences as a linguistic strategy Remarks on the role of the unsaid in romantic relationships on the internet 325
-
Application
- Gradients of plasticity 343
- Mood, aphasia, and affective language comprehension 367
- What words can’t tell: 399
- Affective and internal state language in high-functioning autism 421
- Epilogue 445
- Index 453
