Brain and language disorders" science bar

Brasserie Le Dôme, 2 avenue Georges Clémenceau, Montpellier.

Being gifted with language implies the ability to understand and respond to someone, because the faculty of language encompasses comprehension and enunciation.
For spoken language, this means moving from sound to meaning, from words thought to words spoken, from thought to voice. While these processes are interdependent on learning, society and culture, they also call on different regions of the brain.

Some language disorders may be due to abnormalities present in the brain from foetal life onwards. In this case, the development of cognitive functions is imperfect, and learning difficulties appear. Language disorders can also occur at any age, following head trauma, stroke or neurodegenerative disease.

To discuss this science and society topic, two multidisciplinary experts will be on hand to answer questions from the audience:

• Sylvie Moritz-Gasser, PhD in neuroscience, researcher at the Institute of Functional Genomics (IGF), lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine (University of Montpellier), head of the Montpellier University Department of Speech Therapy, speech therapist in neurology and neurosurgery at Montpellier University Hospital.
• Aleksandra Nowakowska, lecturer in language sciences at the Praxiling laboratory, CNRS - Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, scientific leader of the FEDER-FSE project Aphasie et Analyse du Discours en Interaction: constitution de bases de données et nouvelles méthodes d'exploitation (AADI).

This evening will be translated into sign language by Des'L Interprétation.
(Free admission subject to availability).

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