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Provides an in-depth and unbiased study of the interaction between attentional and linguistic systems in humans
Summarizes and provides the most important findings in cognitive science, psycholinguistics and developmental disorders
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Attention and awareness in humans
- Attention and consciousness
- Attention and eye movements in humans
- Attention systems and cognitive processes
- Attentional modulation in humans
- Discourse processing and attention
- Interaction between attention and linguistic systems
- Language processing and attention
- Mental simulation and language processing
- Models of language processing in humans
- Psychology of language
- Sentence processing and attention
- Spoken and visual word processing in humans
- Spoken word recognition
- Syntax processing and cognition
- Visual attention and affect
- Visual word recognition
About this book
This original volume examines the interface between attentional and linguistic processes in humans from the perspectives of psycholinguistics and cognitive science. It systematically explores how autonomy and automaticity are reflected during language processing in a variety of situations. A true, mechanistic explanation of how humans process language would require a complete understanding of the interface language has with important cognitive systems like attention, memory, as well as with vision. Interdisciplinary work in this area has so far not been able to generate a substantial theoretical position on this issue.
This volume therefore looks at different language processing domains, such as speaking, listening, reading, as well as discourse and text processing, to evaluate the role attention plays in such performances; and also at how often linguistic inputs affect attentional processing. In this sense, it proposes that the attention--language interface is bidirectional. It also considers applied issues like language disorders, bilingualism and illiteracy, where the attention--language interface seems especially relevant as a theoretical apparatus for research investigations. Therefore, this volume brings closer theoretical explanations from the language sciences and cognitive sciences. It argues that language processing is multi-modal in its very essence and many conceptual structures in language evolve out of a complex interplay among participating cognitive systems such as attention and memory, supported by vision and audition.
Reviews
"The relationship
between attention and language has been the subject of extensive and continuing
debate in cognitive science. Ramesh Mishra does the reader an impressive service
weaving into accessible form the various findings and theories from this
important area of cognitive science. And yet, beyond current findings and
debate, the book also touches on the empirical and theoretical history of this
domain, resulting in a very comprehensive treatment." (Rick
Dale, Associate Professor, University of California,
Merced)
"Attention and language are isolable but also interacting cognitive systems. Each system is a complex of deeply interconnected components; consequently the nature of their interactions is an exciting and multifaceted domain for cognitive science thinking and research. In this exciting volume Ramesh Mishra thoroughly and intelligently explores this domain." (Raymond Klein, University Research Professor, Dalhousie University)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ramesh Kumar Mishra, PhD, is an associate professor of cognitive science at the Centre of Neural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Hyderabad. He has previously taught at the Centre for Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad. Dr. Mishra has published internationally and has edited/co-edited books in the areas of psycholinguistics, language-vision interaction and attention. His areas of interest include language-attention interaction, visual processing and action control. He has been a scientific visitor to the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Dalhousie University and the Institute for Cognitive Science Studies, Tehran, among others. Dr. Mishra is on the editorial board of PLOS One, Frontiers in Cognition, and Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence. He is also a co-editor of the cognitive science journal Brain, Cognition and Culture. Dr. Mishra is a fellow of the Psychonomic Society, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Interaction Between Attention and Language Systems in Humans
Book Subtitle: A Cognitive Science Perspective
Authors: Ramesh Kumar Mishra
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2592-8
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer India 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-2591-1Published: 23 October 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-2915-5Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-2592-8Published: 09 October 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 260
Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Psycholinguistics, Speech Pathology