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What Brain Damage Reveals About Language

Season 3 Episode 7

Whether you're shaping words with your mouth, signing them with your hands, or writing them on paper, the bulk of the work is going on up in your noggin. By determining what has been lost or impaired linguistically-speaking, neuroscientists have been able to not only better understand what language actually is but also how our brains process language and allow us to communicate.

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