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- noun linguistics Science concerned with the human
brain mechanisms underlying thecomprehension ,production and abstract knowledge oflanguage , be itspoken ,signed orwritten .
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- noun the branch of linguistics that studies the relation between language and the structure and function of the nervous system
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I was teaching and now I have more to offer based on my research in linguistics and neurolinguistics, which is research on how the brain processes language.
Nicolas Rossier: An Exclusive Interview With Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide Nicolas Rossier 2010
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The honor has gone to Dr. Scott M. Sokol, a trained neuropsychologist, as well as a cantor, whose work has emphasized psycholingusitics and neurolinguistics -- in other words, how humans learn and process languages.
Jewish Exponent News 2009
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In academic circles, this conjunction is relatively new -- much like neurolinguistics, neuromusicology and all the other neuro-fields that have been spurred by the phenomenal discoveries in neuroscience in the last 20 years.
Karin Badt: Filmmaking Isn't Brain Surgery... Or Is It? The 7th Annual Topanga Film Festival Karin Badt 2011
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In academic circles, this conjunction is relatively new -- much like neurolinguistics, neuromusicology and all the other neuro-fields that have been spurred by the phenomenal discoveries in neuroscience in the last 20 years.
Karin Badt: Filmmaking Isn't Brain Surgery... Or Is It? The 7th Annual Topanga Film Festival Karin Badt 2011
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In academic circles, this conjunction is relatively new -- much like neurolinguistics, neuromusicology and all the other neuro-fields that have been spurred by the phenomenal discoveries in neuroscience in the last 20 years.
Karin Badt: Filmmaking Isn't Brain Surgery... Or Is It? The 7th Annual Topanga Film Festival Karin Badt 2011
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In academic circles, this conjunction is relatively new -- much like neurolinguistics, neuromusicology and all the other neuro-fields that have been spurred by the phenomenal discoveries in neuroscience in the last 20 years.
Karin Badt: Filmmaking Isn't Brain Surgery... Or Is It? The 7th Annual Topanga Film Festival Karin Badt 2011
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I was in an extensive training program in neurolinguistics and family therapy.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Words of Grace: Christianity and Verbal First Aid 2010
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I was in an extensive training program in neurolinguistics and family therapy.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Words of Grace: Christianity and Verbal First Aid 2010
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That's fine; I should explain that neurolinguistics has gotten a bad rep from con men and entertainers, the former group using it for ill and the latter passing it off as "mind-control."
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But this isn't how the brain learns languages, says Lance Knowles, a neurolinguistics specialist who designs vocational language courses.
The Mandarin Scam 2009
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