The Adaptable Mind: What Neuroplasticity and Neural Reuse Tell Us about Language and Cognition - John Zerilli 2021

The Adaptable Mind: What Neuroplasticity and Neural Reuse Tell Us about Language and Cognition - John Zerilli 2021

Preface

Setting the Scene

Aspects of Neuroplasticity

Scope of Chapter

The Nature of Plastic Changes in the Brain

Neuroplastic Recovery During Development

Cortical Map Plasticity

Summary

Neural Reuse and Recycling

What is Neural Reuse?

The Massive Redeployment Hypothesis

Further Evidence of Neural Reuse

Summary

Modules Reconsidered: Varieties of Modularity

A Pivot to the Neurosciences

Varieties of Modularity

The Brain Module

Summary

Modules Reconsidered: Whither Modularity?

Does Modularity Survive the Evidence of Neural Reuse?

Can Composite Systems Be Dissociable?

Modular Notation

Summary

Are Modules Innate?

Preliminary Remarks

Implications of Neuroplasticity

Summary

The Language Module Reconsidered

Preliminary Remarks

Defining a Language Module

Is There a Language Module?

Is Language Innate?

Accounting for Linguistic Modularization

Summary

Saving Faculty Psychology: Debunking the Argument from Multiple Realization

New Directions in Faculty Psychology

Multiple Realization Revisited

New Look Faculty Psychology

Summary

Summing Up

References