From communication signals to human language and thought: Evolution or revolution?

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 785-792

  Chernigovskaya, Tatiana V ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Communication systems in animals; Evolution of language and mind; Human origin and evolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHENOTYPE; PHONETICS; PHYLOGENY; THINKING;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LANGUAGE;

EID: 70349590134     PISSN: 00970549     EISSN: 1573899X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11055-009-9193-8     Document Type: Article

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