Resurrections and Insurrections in the Neurobiology of Language
Resurrections and Insurrections in the Neurobiology of Language
- February 9, 2026
- Greg Hickok, cognitive and language science, Biolinguistics, Feb. 9, 2026
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“The dominant models of how human language is neurally implemented have been slowly disintegrating for many years now, but the challenge of assembling a more modern take on this ancient question can only be feasibly undertaken by someone willing to wade through an increasingly dense literature. This someone should ideally also be involved in contemporary experimental neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics. It is with a unique sense of historical context, and contemporary clinical urgency, that Gregory Hickok assumes this task of proposing an updated view of human language processing. His book Wired for Words surveys the field of the neurobiology of language and offers a unique model.
The book is primarily focused on the architecture of the brain’s language network. In slight contrast in emphasis to his early collaborator David Poeppel, Hickok agrees that “localization ≠ explanation”, but he makes the important point that it is, nevertheless, useful information to have (indeed, it is difficult to think of any researcher who actually thinks localization is explanation).”
Continue reading: https://bioling.psychopen.eu/index.php/bioling/article/view/21469
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