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Listen to my actions!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2005

Jonas T. Kaplan*
Affiliation:
UCLA Brain Mapping Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA90095http://www.jonaskaplan.com
Marco Iacoboni*
Affiliation:
UCLA Brain Mapping Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA90095http://www.jonaskaplan.com

Abstract:

We believe that an account of the role of mirror neurons in language evolution should involve a greater emphasis on the auditory properties of these neurons. Mirror neurons in premotor cortex which respond to the visual and auditory consequences of actions allow for a modality-independent and agent-independent coding of actions, which may have been important for the emergence of language.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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