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Phonological Processes and Brain Mechanisms pp 24–58Cite as

Subcortical Language Mechanisms: Window on a New Frontier

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For many years, the consensus of the scientific community was that cognitive mechanisms were located primarily, if not exclusively, in the phylogenetically newest portions of the human brain, the cerebral cortex. Although the limbic system has been thought to be involved in memory and there have been other notable exceptions to this opinion (e.g., Penfield & Roberts, 1959; Schuell, Jenkins, & Jimenez-Pabon, 1965), it has only been within the last several years that neuroscientists in general have given serious consideration to the role of subcortical structures in various cognitive functions. Now, increasing evidence clearly indicates that nuclei within the thalamus and basal ganglia play important roles in language, memory, attentional processes, and perhaps other cognitive functions. These recent discoveries challenge established doctrine regarding brain-behavior relations and demand that we construct new models incorporating the participation of these structures in specific cognitive functions such as language.

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Crosson, B., Novack, T.A., Trenerry, M.R. (1988). Subcortical Language Mechanisms: Window on a New Frontier. In: Whitaker, H.A. (eds) Phonological Processes and Brain Mechanisms. Springer Series in Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7581-8_2

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