Neural constraints and flexibility in language processing

Christian R. Huyck
2016 Behavioral and Brain Sciences  
Humans process language with their neurons. Memory in neurons is supported by neural firing and by short- and long-term synaptic weight change; the emergent behaviour of neurons, synchronous firing, and cell assembly dynamics is also a form of memory. As the language signal moves to later stages, it is processed with different mechanisms that are slower but more persistent.
doi:10.1017/s0140525x15000837 pmid:27561969 fatcat:b7iiqacwgfhatex3m3jdrfjvde