關於Lenneberg的理論作品，最顯著的一個特色是其結合廣泛領域主題的特質，他對於凡是涉及心智與頭腦研究的科學領域皆感興趣，並且為其相關的學科作周密的準備：首先在1951年於芝加哥大學取得語言學碩士學位後，他繼續在1955年於哈佛大學完成其語言學與心理學的博士研究；隨後三年，於哈佛醫學院從事博士後研究，專門研究神經學與兒童發展失調；如此的準備工作再加上他在波士頓兒童醫院醫療中心的經驗，致使他的專題論文，堪稱語言的神經心理學到目前為止最為經典的作品「語言的生物學基礎」（The Biological Foundations Of Language），於1967年出版。
Lenneberg的作品以他從神經心理學的資料中探求解釋與理論基礎的魄力著稱，尤其是他最為人所知的一個論點：「語言乃是物種特有的認知傾向之表現」，此論點必然是個經由間接證據所得來的假設。人類神經心理學研究神經受損的人，因為不論以任何角度洞察，這個研究也許能提供一個正常運作的較高皮層過程。就如同Lenneberg經常說，如此的綜合歸納是可能的，因為病理學從未增加頭腦功能的複雜性。不論這個證據有多麼站不住腳，並不會因此而制止Lenneberg將引導正常語言發展的生物限制付諸理論化。他對於語言中關鍵期（critical period）的概念，是這個理論中目前最為人廣泛討論的一個層面。
在歐洲傳統中一個更為有機而完整的頭腦理論裡頭，Lenneberg也象徵著一個連結的角色。Jackson和Goldstein兩位學者比起其他美國學者，很明顯地較有可能是為Lenneberg在精神學上的先驅。Lenneberg的一生，就某種意義而言，反映出其為歐洲傳統與美國傳統之間的溝通橋樑之特質。1921年出生於德國杜塞爾多夫（Düsseldorf, Germany），身為一位內科醫生之子，Lenneberg將其性格形成時期完全用於經歷這個社區的知性及藝術生活。然而在三○年代初期，當Lenneberg十二歲大時，這個家庭被迫移居至巴西，在此的學習和以往並沒有太大的不同。一直到1945年來到了美國，Lenneberg才能在高等教育中開始他正式的研究。隨後，他參與了1950年代盛行於哈佛大學的理論風潮，當時正值美國著名語言學家Noam Chomsky 發展其許多見解概念的時候，我們可以說，就是因為如此，致使Lenneberg對語言及頭腦在生物學的及理論的基礎備感興趣！
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