From imitation to meaning: circuit plasticity and the acquisition of a primitive semantics.

The capacity for language is arguably the most remarkable innovation of the human brain. A relatively recent interpretation prescribes that part of the language-related circuits were co-opted from circuitry involved in hand control –the mirror neuron system, involved both in the perception and in th...

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Main Authors: Ricardo R Garcia, Francisco Javier Zamorano, Francisco eAboitiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00605/full