The neuroethology of primate vocal communication: Substrates for the evolution of speech

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 377-384

  Ghazanfar, Asif A ^a   Hauser, Marc D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOICE;

EID: 0033215334     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(99)01379-0     Document Type: Review

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