The cerebral cortex (gray matter) is the outer layer of our brain that has a wrinkled appearance. It is divided into fields with specific functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and sensation, and controls higher functions such as speech, thinking, and memory. It is the organ that most distinguishes humans from other animals. Somewhere in this gray matter resides the grammar that represents our knowledge of language.
Broca’s aphasics (also often called agrammatic aphasics) may have difficulty understanding complex sentences in which comprehension depends exclusively on syntactic structure and where they cannot rely on their real-world knowledge.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique that uses a magnetic field and computer-generated radio waves to create detailed images of the organs and tissues in your body. MRI is a noninvasive way for your doctor to examine your organs, tissues and skeletal system. It produces high-resolution images of the inside of the body that help diagnose a variety of problems.
Neurolinguistics is the study of how language is represented in the brain: that is, how and where our brains store our knowledge of the language (or languages) that we speak, understand, read, and write, what happens in our brains as we acquire that knowledge, and what happens as we use it in our everyday lives.
Differences Between the Right and the Left Hemisphere
The left hemisphere is more verbal, analytical, and orderly than the right brain. It’s sometimes called the digital brain. It’s better at things like reading, writing, and computations. While the right hemisphere is more visual and intuitive. It’s sometimes referred to as the analog brain. It has a more creative and less organized way of thinking.
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