Premotor cortex and the mirror neuron hypothesis for the evolution of language

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 417-422

  Arbib, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACC; AIP; Anterior cingulate cortex; Complex imitation; Evolution; F5; Imitation; Language; Mirror neuron; Pantomime; Parietal cortex; Premotor cortex; Protosign; Protospeech; SMA; Supplementary motor area; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882878275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00033-1     Document Type: Chapter

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