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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arbib, Michael A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Colección:Studies in the evolution of language ; 16.
Temas:
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.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 book shows how cultural evolution took over from biological evolution for the transition from protolanguage to fully fledged languages.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 413 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780199896691
0199896690

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