the claim of consistent hemispheric specialisations across classes of chordates is
undermined by the absence of population-based directional asymmetry of paw/hand use in …

The species-specific organizational property of speech is a continual mouth open-close
alternation, the two phases of which are subject to continual articulatory modulation. The …

Asymmetry of the brain and behaviour (lateralization) has traditionally been considered
unique to humans. However, research has shown that this phenomenon is widespread …

Anthropological linguistics is the study of language within the wider context of culture. It is
concerned with how humans employ communicative culturally meaningful, or semiotic …

The prefrontal cortex makes up almost a quarter of the human brain, and it expanded
dramatically during primate evolution. The Neurobiology of the Prefrontal Cortex presents a …

Many people have argued that the evolution of the human language faculty cannot be
explained by Darwinian natural selection. Chomsky and Gould have suggested that …

It is often said that speech is what distinguishes us from other animals. But are we all talk?
What if language was bequeathed to us not by word of mouth, but as a hand-me-down?The …

The chimpanzee of all other living species is our closest relation, with whom we last shared
a common ancestor about five million years ago. These African apes make and use a rich …

During the first two years of human life a common neural substrate (roughly Broca's area)
underlies the hierarchical organization of elements in the development of speech as well as …

Is" right-brain" thought essentially creative, and" left-brain" strictly logical? Joseph B. Hellige
argues that this view is far too simplistic. Surveying extensive data in the field of cognitive …