Cortical memory mechanisms and language origins

Brain and Language

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-56

  Aboitiz, Francisco ^a   García, Ricardo R ^a   Bosman, Conrado ^a   Brunetti, Enzo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Broca's area; Mirror neurons; Syntax; Wernicke's area; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN; GESTURES; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; SIGN LANGUAGE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33747134747     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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