A Brain for Speech A View from Evolutionary Neuroanatomy /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Aboitiz, Francisco (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Historical linguistics.; Psycholinguistics.; Neuropsychology.; Biological psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.; Biological Psychology.; Historical Linguistics.

This book discusses evolution of the human brain, the origin of speech and language. It covers past and present perspectives on the contentious issue of the acquisition of the language capacity. Divided into two parts, this insightful work covers several characteristics of the human brain including...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: The beginning of words.- 1. Pandora’s box.- 2. A matter of size.- 3. Broken symmetry.- 4. Bridging hemispheres
• 5. A loop for speech
• 6. Monkey brain, human brain
• 7. Grasping mirrors
• 8. Of birds and men
• 9. Talking heads
• 10. Taming ourselves
• Epilogue.