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Language and the infant brain.

E Bates1

  • 1University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0526, USA. ebates@ucsd.edu

Journal of Communication Disorders
|August 31, 1999
PubMed
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Linguistic knowledge is not innate or strictly localized in the brain. However, innate, localized processing biases support language development, with the infant brain

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Linguistics
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • The relationship between brain structure and language acquisition is complex.
  • Commonly conflated concepts include localization, innateness, and domain specificity in language research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the localization, innateness, and domain specificity of language in the brain.
  • To clarify the role of brain organization and plasticity in language development.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of research on adults and infants with focal brain injury.
  • Examination of infant brain differentiation and regional processing biases at birth.

Main Results:

  • Linguistic knowledge is neither innate nor clearly localized in the brain.

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  • Infant brains exhibit pre-existing regional biases for information processing crucial for language.
  • These biases are innate, localized, and not exclusive to language.
  • The infant brain demonstrates significant plasticity, allowing for alternative language organization.

    • Conclusions:

    • Language acquisition relies on innate, localized, but non-domain-specific processing biases.
    • Brain plasticity allows for adaptive language organization in response to injury or atypical development.