How the brain got language : the mirror system hypothesis /

Unlike any other species, humans can learn and use language. This book explains how the brain evolved to make language possible, through what the text calls the Mirror System Hypothesis. The theory explains why we humans are as capable of learning sign languages as we are of learning to speak. This...

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Main Author:	Arbib, Michael A.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Series:	Studies in the evolution of language ; 16.
Subjects:	Brain > Evolution. Brain > Anatomy. Language and languages > Origin. Mirror neurons. Evolutionary psychology. Neurolinguistics. Macaques > Anatomy. Anatomy, Comparative. Language acquisition. Animal communication. Brain > physiology Language Development Mirror Neurons Animal Communication Anatomy, Comparative Langage et langues > Origines. Neurones miroirs. Psychologie évolutionniste. Neurolinguistique. Macaques > Anatomie. Anatomie comparée. Langage > Acquisition. Communication animale. MEDICAL > Neuroscience. PSYCHOLOGY > Neuropsychology. Language acquisition Animal communication Brain > Anatomy Brain > Evolution Evolutionary psychology Language and languages > Origin Macaques > Anatomy Mirror neurons Neurolinguistics Sprachentwicklung Spiegelneuron Evolutionspsychologie Neurolinguistik Taalgenese. Gehirn. Anatomie. Evolution. Sprachursprung. Sprachentwicklung. Spiegelneuron. Evolutionspsychologie. Neurolinguistik. Hjärna. Språk. Språkutveckling. Neurolingvistik. Electronic books.
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