Includes bibliographical references and index.

Neurobiological foundations -- Behavioral foundations -- Large-scale models -- Development, learning, and plasticity -- Perceptual analysis of the speech signal -- Word processing -- Sentence processing -- Discourse processing and pragmatics -- Speaking -- Conceptual semantic knowledge -- Written language -- Animal models for language -- Memory for language -- Language breakdown -- Language treatment -- Prosody, tone, and music.

"The present volume not only provides a comprehensive guide to the state-of-the-art in research on neurobiology but also frames the major debates of our time in psychology and neuroscience more broadly. To what extent is the mind/brain embodied? What is the nature of neural computation? How do apparently diverse brain systems - perception, action, memory, attention - interact? Are they really as diverse as we once thought? How do neural systems break down and can they be repaired?"-- Back cover.