How the brain got language : the mirror system hypothesis

How the brain got language : the mirror system hypothesis / Michael A. Arbib.

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.
MEDICAL > Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY > Neuropsychology.
Language acquisition
Animal communication
Anatomy, Comparative
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.
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