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is concerned broadly with how linguistic knowledge is acquired (developmental psycholinguistics), how it is put to use in comprehending and producing utterances (language processing) and how it can be impaired by brain injury (aphasia). Key issues in the field are: how language is stored in the mind/brain, the relation between language and articulatory/perceptual mechanisms, and the relation between language and other cognitive systems (e.g. vision, propositional thought, memory). Psycholinguistic research is typically experimentally interventionist (rather than observational), using techniques like reaction timing, measurement of brain activation, measurement of levels of recall, etc. (See comprehension processes , production processes .) ( 1977 ). Psychology and Language: An introduction to psycholinguistics . New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich . * ( 1990 ). Psycholinguistics . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press . ( 1986 ). Language Processing in Children and Adults: An introduction . London : Routledge . ( 1990 ). Psycholinguistics: Learning and using language . Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall . * . ... log in or subscribe to read full text