Language and Cognition

• Main Author: Kuniyoshi L. Sakai (auth)
• Other Authors: Leonid Perlovsky (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Brain and functional imaging; Language; Cognition; Emotions
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Interaction between language and cognition remains an unsolved scientific problem. What are the differences in neural mechanisms of language and cognition? Why do children acquire language by the age of six, while taking a lifetime to acquire cognition? What is the role of language and cognition in...