80700
Seminar in Speech and Language: Neural Bases of Child Language Acquistion - 3 Credits

COURSE OFFERING
Fall 2009
Ph.D. Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences
Graduate Center  of The City University of New York

80700 Seminar in Speech and Language: Neural Bases of Child Language Acquistion
Mon 2:00--4:00

Instructor: Valerie Shafer
vshafer@gc.cuny.edu
(212)817-8805
 

This course will focus on the neurobiology of language acqusition from infancy through early childhood. Major theories will be exmined in the light of current information about neural development of brain systems that support speech and language acqusition. These systems will includeauditory, motor, prefrontal, and posterior association regions that support speech, hearing, attention and memory, as well as core language functions (e.g., syntax semantics, discourse).
Students eill be expected to integrate information from theory and experimental data to help develop a research proposal. 

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