Product Overview
If the brain is the most complex laboratory in the universe, language is its most sophisticated output. In Wired for Words, renowned cognitive scientist Gregory Hickok dismantles 150 years of outdated dogma to reveal the modern "circuit diagram" of how we speak, hear, and think.
For the bio-researcher and the cognitive optimizer, this isn't just a history of linguistics; it is a masterclass in neural systems engineering. Hickok takes us beyond the "Left-Brain Myth" and into a multi-dimensional world where language is a high-performance sensorimotor feat—an evolutionary bridge between our ancient motor controls and our highest intellectual aspirations.
What’s Inside the Architecture?
- The Dual-Stream Revolution: Explore the "What" and "How" of speech processing through the groundbreaking model that redefined how we understand auditory-motor integration.
- Shattering the Symmetry: Discover why the right hemisphere does far more than just "prosody" and how the brain’s hidden symmetries ensure we stay connected even when systems fail.
- Aphasia as a Roadmap: Learn how the breakdown of language through injury provides the most poignant and precise evidence for how the healthy mind is wired.
- Clinical Frontiers: Gain insights into the future of neurosurgery, neural prostheses, and the potential for rehabilitating the very circuits that make us human.
Why This Belongs on Your Shelf
Whether you are interested in the neurobiology of cognition, the development of Advanced AI, or the bio-hacking of neural pathways, Wired for Words provides the essential structural context. Hickok writes with the precision of a surgeon and the narrative pace of a thriller, turning a century of clinical case studies and fMRI data into a clear, actionable understanding of the linguistic brain.
Specifications:
- Title: Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language
- Author: Gregory Hickok
- Publisher: The MIT Press
- Publication Date: November 25, 2025
- ISBN 10: 0262553414
- ISBN 13: 978-0262553414
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 424
- Language: English
- Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 8.94 inches
