Abstract
The evolutionary continuity between the prespeech functions
of premotor cortex and its new linguistic functions, the main thesis
of MacNeilage's target article, is confirmed by the recent
discovery of “mirror” neurons in monkeys and a
corresponding action-observation/action-execution matching
system in humans. Physiological data (and other considerations)
appear to indicate, however, that brachiomanual gestures played
a greater role in language evolution than MacNeilage would like
to admit.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Behavioral Neuroscience,Physiology,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
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