A Brain for Speech A View from Evolutionary Neuroanatomy /

• Main Author: Aboitiz, Francisco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.