Background Mutations in the FOXP2 transcription factor lead to language disorders with
developmental onset. Accompanying structural abnormalities in cortico-striatal circuitry …

Comparative analyses used to reconstruct the evolution of traits associated with the human
language faculty, including its socio‐cognitive underpinnings, highlight the importance of …

For the benefit of linguists new to the field of language evolution, the author sets out the
issues that need to be distinguished in any research on it. He offers a guided tour of …

This chapter highlights the similarities and differences between learned song, in birds and
other animal models, and speech and song in humans, by reviewing the comparative …

Neurobiology of speech and language has previously been studied in the KE family, in
which half of the members have severe impairment in both speech and language. The gene …

This study builds on the hypothesis put forth in Boeckx and Benítez-Burraco (2014),
according to which the developmental changes expressed at the levels of brain morphology …

This review will focus on recent developments in the sensorimotor integration of vocal
communication. Two broad themes are emphasized: the evolution of vocal production and …

The rise of molecular genetics is having a pervasive influence in a wide variety of fields,
including research into neurodevelopmental disorders like dyslexia, speech and language …

ABSTRACT Enard et al.(2002) date the last mutation in FOXP2, the gene implicated in some
central aspects of human language–crucially including contextsensitive syntax–to ca …

Studies of severe, monogenic forms of language disorders have revealed important insights
into the mechanisms that underpin language development and evolution. It is clear that …