Neurolinguistics.

Neurolinguistics is the study of how the brain represents and computes language. Neurolinguistics is an interdisciplinary field, with elements of psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics all being an important part of the history and development of the field. Neurolinguists are people who study neurolinguistics. These scientists are interested in brain function and the implications of the way the brain works. Neurolinguists have to understand both neuroscience—the structure and function of the brain, and linguistics—the structure and human use of language. Neurolinguists use a variety of methods for studying the brain and its use of language, but the most important are imaging machines and machines that measure the electric signals in the brain. Scientists use data collected by the machines to develop ideas about how the human brain creates, processes, and responds to language. Humans have been interested in the brain and human thought for thousands of years, but the field of neurolinguistics only developed into its own field in the 1960s. The field developed thanks to new research about language acquisition in humans and new technology that allowed scientists to study the living brain without conducting surgery.