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NEUR-4364: Neuroscience of Language and Communication Disorders

Description: Concepts of language as distinctive human behavior and central to social life. Neural underpinnings of humans ability to speak and understand language. Neurologic processing of language comprehension and production in healthy and language-impaired individuals. Auditory and visual word recognition, reading, understanding speech, representation of word meaning, language production, and bilingualism. Neuroethology of communication and neurological disorders of communication: dyslexia, stuttering, and aphasia. Theoretical issues in language processing and converging evidence from different techniques and animal models addressing these issues.

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Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: NEUR-3044 or NEUR-3084

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Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 4

Average GPA: 3.38 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 62.72%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.63%

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