What Brain Damage Reveals About Language | Otherwords

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Some of the first discoveries about the relationship between language and the brain were made by studying patients with brain damage. Of course, before modern technology, the only way you could see the brain was by opening it up. Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and fınds the fascinating, thought-provoking, and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted. Incorporating the fıelds of biology, history, cultural studies, literature, and more, linguistics has something for everyone and offers a unique perspective on what it means to be human. sources: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B4JOSHgKjuU6CCxPEnsZaO7ngnkRp5By/view?usp=share_link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qdzH1CWxj1xZ8SdJpI_dwfTap_BUU0T9/view?usp=share_link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nc57FOQBeEUqIvu0fFiqdILP5T003wrX/view?usp=share_link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kaoZsMAZ17Lk3MCIpk3P0J2rQ3ZVGw_g/view?usp=share_link https://theaacn.org/adult-neuropsychology/ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/5502-aphasia https://www.stroke.org/en/about-stroke/effects-of-stroke/cognitive-and-communication-effects-of-stroke/types-of-aphasia https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/what-will-bruce-willis-aphasia-diagnosis-mean-for-the-veteran-actor/ https://news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/losing-language-bruce-willis-aphasia-disorder-explained https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2019.00295/full https://academic.oup.com/jdsde/article/13/1/3/500594 Host: Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D. Creator/Director: Andrew Matthews & Katie Graham Writer: Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D. Producer: Katie Graham Editor/Animation: Andrew Matthews Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Fact Checker: Yvonne McGreevy Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell Stock Images from Shutterstock Music from APM Music Otherwords is produced by Spotzen for PBS. © 2023 PBS. All rights reserved.