Human language and our reptilian brain: The subcortical bases of speech, syntax, and thought

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 32-51

  Lieberman, Philip ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; APHASIA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; CORPUS STRIATUM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH;

REPTILIA;

EID: 0035021140     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2001.0011     Document Type: Review

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