How the brain got language: the mirror system hypothesis
Auteur :
Arbib, Michael A.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780199896684
Date de publication :
5 juil. 2012
Dimensions :
16,5 x 23,6 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
757 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Unlike any other species, humans can learn and use language. In this book, Michael Arbib presents the Mirror System Hypothesis, which suggests how complex imitation supported the breakthrough to pantomime, protosign and protospeech and then, through cultural evolution, to fully fledged languages.