Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are pervasive neurodevelopmental disorders that include
a variety of forms and clinical phenotypes. This heterogeneity complicates the clinical and …

Vocal imitation in human infants and in some orders of birds relies on auditory-guided motor
learning during a sensitive period of development. It proceeds from'babbling'(in humans) …

Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an
evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable, species-specific ability to …

What genes and regulatory sequences contribute to the organization and functioning of
neural circuits and molecular pathways in the brain that support social behavior? How does …

It has been proposed that two amino acid substitutions in the transcription factor FOXP2
have been positively selected during human evolution due to effects on aspects of speech …

Rare mutations of the FOXP2 transcription factor gene cause a monogenic syndrome
characterized by impaired speech development and linguistic deficits. Recent genomic …

The cerebellum has been long known for its importance in motor learning and coordination.
Recently, anatomical, clinical, and neuroimaging studies strongly suggest that the …

Any account of “what is special about the human brain”(Passingham 2008) must specify the
neural basis of our unique ability to produce speech and delineate how these remarkable …

Although the left and right hemispheres of our brains develop with a high degree of
symmetry at both the anatomical and functional levels, it has become clear that subtle …

Human language and social cognition are closely linked: advanced social cognition is
necessary for children to acquire language, and language allows forms of social …