Look, Our Brain is Speaking
The way our brain works can help towards an analysis to any possible ways to utilize all of its potential in hopes to improve our cognitive function. According to Mosby's Medical Dictionary, Cognitive function is an intellectual process by which one becomes aware of, perceives, or comprehends ideas. A chart in Devlin’s book article illustrates the classic neurological model of language in comparison to a cognitive model. The aim for these charts is to better understand the mapping of the processes that go on in the brain as we try to produce language. There are four aspects of the brain that work together to produce language: visual, auditory, meaning, and motor (Devlin 123-134).
Devlin’s research overlooks what I consider an important point about the uniqueness of an individual's cognitive function. For instance, the amount of languages an individual speaks can change the regions of the brain being used. A monolingual speaker might use fewer regions than a bilingual speaker. If we take into consideration that neural architecture of a brain, we can see that depending on the activities, a certain region of the brain can be triggered and can lead to different results (Bialystok).This leads me to understand why Devlin believes that further research is necessary to see how to diminish the differences to better understand how the neurological and cognitive functions come together.
For more information: Devlin, Joseph T. "Current Perspective on Imaging Language." Devlin, Joseph T. Neural Correlates of Thinking. Ed. Eduard Kraft, Balazs Gulyas and Ernst Poppel. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2009. 123-134.
Devlin’s research overlooks what I consider an important point about the uniqueness of an individual's cognitive function. For instance, the amount of languages an individual speaks can change the regions of the brain being used. A monolingual speaker might use fewer regions than a bilingual speaker. If we take into consideration that neural architecture of a brain, we can see that depending on the activities, a certain region of the brain can be triggered and can lead to different results (Bialystok).This leads me to understand why Devlin believes that further research is necessary to see how to diminish the differences to better understand how the neurological and cognitive functions come together.
For more information: Devlin, Joseph T. "Current Perspective on Imaging Language." Devlin, Joseph T. Neural Correlates of Thinking. Ed. Eduard Kraft, Balazs Gulyas and Ernst Poppel. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2009. 123-134.
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