Broca and Wernicke’s breakthroughs in the 19th century pave d the way to the current knowledge of language in the human brain. Yet, current research on this top ic has gone above and beyond the scope of neuropsy chology, with contributions from neuroscience, com puter modelling, linguistics and genetics. The kno wledge from these disciplines helped paint a more comprehensive picture of how the language system i s organized in the brain. However, there is a theo retical gap between all these findings: solid evid ence exists for how discrete elements of the langu age system are organized and work, but comprehensi ve models that encompass these separate results ar e still lacking. This reductionist bias is further exacerbated when overlooking the communicative as pect of language: are we able to fully explain how two human beings are able to communicate in an ef fective way?
\nIn this symposium experts f rom different disciplines will explore how their f ields of expertise can come together to provide an integrated understanding of human language.
\nPoster abstract submission is no w open to consortium and non-consortium members an d we will be awarding a prize to the most interdis ciplinary poster.
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