From manual gesture to speech: A gradual transition

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 949-960

  Gentilucci, Maurizio ^a   Corballis, Michael C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Evolution; FOXP2 gene; Gesture; Mirror system; Speech

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GESTURE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MOUTH; PHONETICS; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THEORY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; GESTURES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33747887469     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2006.02.004     Document Type: Review

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