Elliot Murphy Ph.D.

About

Elliot Murphy, Ph.D., is the author of The Oscillatory Nature of Language.

Books by Elliot Murphy Ph.D.

Recent Posts

Artificial Language Models Teach Us Nothing About Language

Recent neuroscientific research commonly dismisses traditional concepts from linguistic theory, but without anything to put in its place.

Symbols and Human Cognition

Do humans deploy a similar cognitive architecture for language, music, and geometry?

How the Brain Makes Sense of Sentences

A new study from Johns Hopkins University explores the brain basis of grammatical comprehension.

Getting Rational(ist)

Do the categories of rationalist vs. empiricist still have relevance?

The Temporal Lobe and Language Development

A unique case study reveals that the presence of temporal language areas may be necessary for frontal language areas to develop.

A unique case study reveals that the presence of temporal language areas may be necessary for frontal language areas to develop.

Neural Responses With (and Without) Rhythm

New research brings into question long-held assumptions in cognitive neuroscience.

New research brings into question long-held assumptions in cognitive neuroscience.

Semantic Predictions and the Waves of Speech

How does the brain recruit acoustic information to aid the generation of linguistic predictions?

How does the brain recruit acoustic information to aid the generation of linguistic predictions?

Psychic Life and the Power of Words

We are increasingly allowing words to substitute material reality—but do words even have the power to describe the real world adequately?

We are increasingly allowing words to substitute material reality—but do words even have the power to describe the real world adequately?

Listening to Speech Across the Lifespan

Recent research examines how the brain processes speech across different age groups.

Recent research examines how the brain processes speech across different age groups.

Taking It Slow, But Quickly: How Linguistic Structures Form

New research explores how we learn to chunk syllables into larger units and do so rapidly.

New research explores how we learn to chunk syllables into larger units and do so rapidly.