Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8838134 | Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences | 2018 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The search for the anatomical basis of language has traditionally been a search for specializations. More recently such research has focused both on aspects of brain organization that are unique to humans and aspects shared with other primates. This work has mostly concentrated on the architecture of connections between brain areas. However, as specializations can take many guises, comparison of anatomical organization across species is often complicated. We demonstrate how viewing different types of specializations within a common framework allows one to better appreciate both shared and unique aspects of brain organization. We illustrate this point by discussing recent insights into the anatomy of the dorsal language pathway to the frontal cortex and areas for laryngeal control in the motor cortex.
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Authors
Rogier B Mars, Nicole Eichert, Saad Jbabdi, Lennart Verhagen, Matthew F.S. Rushworth,