Abbas Taheri

Abbas Taheri (born 1951 in Iran) is a physician, neurosurgeon, and researcher whose work bridges clinical neuroscience and the study of human language. He trained in medicine and completed his neurosurgical education at the University of Tehran, after which he expanded his research in Europe, serving as an assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Berlin. From 1994 to 2009 he worked as a social medical adviser in Berlin, where he examined patients with neurological, developmental, and trauma‑related language disorders. Drawing on this extensive clinical experience as well as theoretical perspectives from linguistics, Taheri explores the neural foundations and complexities of language in his 2020 book The Mystery of Language. The book presents his findings and proposals on how language develops, functions, and is rooted in the brain, making connections between neurological mechanisms and linguistic theory in an interdisciplinary inquiry into one of humanity’s most intriguing capacities. His unique background in both neuroscience and language disorders gives Taheri’s writing a compelling blend of empirical insight and conceptual exploration, appealing to readers interested in the biological and cognitive underpinnings of human communication.