To understand mental function, we need to uncover the representations and processes underlying our ability to comprehend and to produce words, sentences, numbers and objects (or pictures of them). The unique contribution of the field of cognitive neuropsychology is the investigation of these representations and processes in individuals who have sustained selective brain damage. Indeed, studies of such individuals provide a window into the mental system and allow us to explore the functional architecture that is necessary and sufficient for cognition.
This special issue of Cognitive...
To understand mental function, we need to uncover the representations and processes underlying our ability to comprehend and to produce words, sent...
