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The Signing Brain: Its Function, Its Dysfunction, And Its Societal Role, Blaire Marie Pope
The Signing Brain: Its Function, Its Dysfunction, And Its Societal Role, Blaire Marie Pope
Undergraduate Honors Theses
This paper is an examination of the signing brain (that is, the internal neurological processes of individuals who use sign language as their main method of communication in their everyday lives) both before and after experiencing neurological trauma, presenting a synthesis of research from lesion studies as well as modern neuroimaging studies. It will be divided into three main sections, followed by a conclusion. The first of these sections will be an introduction to neurology in the most general sense; describing the salient aspects of the brain’s anatomy and pointing out where they relate to activities implicated in the use …