Exploring and Understanding Language Acquisition/Learning and its Associated Disorders(Aphasia) Towards the Field of Neuropsychology

ABSTRACT

Until now, researchers in the field of neuropsychology have extensively studied the various aspects of brain function and its mechanisms. They have conducted extensive research on brain structure, brain damage, and the loss of brain tissue function associated with diseases. These studies have focused on areas such as language and speech comprehension, attention span, and memory. By examining the language system itself and utilizing animal models, researchers have attempted to determine the role and involvement of language in mental processes, which are closely tied to the brain and nervous system. However, studying the language system in detail from a psycholinguistic and neurobiological perspective is challenging due to the complex anatomical structure of the brain. Nevertheless, the study of aphasia, a language disorder resulting from brain damage or disease that causes an inability to speak, has brought us closer to unraveling the puzzle of language-brain connections and achieving more realistic results. Over a century of research related to the brain and language, including the history of aphasia, has deepened our understanding beyond the classical model. Modern perspectives on language and cognition now explain the concept of brain function and cellular mechanisms in relation to language. It is believed that further research on the pathology of aphasia will provide a clearer understanding of the organization and role of language in the brain.

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