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how is language used for humans?
Language as grooming:
-Social bonding
-Efficient for large groups
Mapping physical and social environment:
Cooperation and planning
Teaching and learning from others
what is Chomsky's theory of syntax?
Universal deep structure of language
-innate, genetically hard-wired neural circuitry
-each language group had unique transformational grammar leading to surface structure
What are the components of language?
comprehension: phonetic, semantic, and syntactical processing
production: grammar and syntax, speech
Decoding the meaning of sentences (syntax) relies on which areas?
pars triangularis and pars orbitalis (BA 45 and 47)
Speech depends on which areas?
posterior aspect of broca's area (BA 44), adjacent motor cortex (BA 6) and the insula
What technique has been used to study the projections of the arcuate fasciculus? what did it show
diffusion tensor imaging
most of the A.F. goes to the lexical semantic cortex
how do macaque homologues of W + B areas compare to humans?
lateral superior temporal gyrus responsible for call processing (lesion makes them unable to distinguish between calls), but lesion in broca's homolog doesn't eliminate vocalization (proves that sounds are involuntary--simply expressions of arousal)
What did the study of the arcuate fasciculus in macaques vs humans show?
humans more extensive, associated with meaning