Cortical Motor Organization, Mirror Neurons, and Embodied Language: An Evolutionary Perspective

Abstract: The recent conceptual achievement that the cortical motor system plays a crucial role not only in motor control but also in higher cognitive functions has given a new perspective also on the involvement of motor cortex in language perception and production. In particular, there is evidence that the matching mechanism based on mirror neurons can be involved in both pho-nological recognition and retrieval of meaning, especially for action word categories, thus suggesting a contribution of an action–perception mechanism to the automatic comprehension of semantics. Furthermore, a compari-son of the anatomo-functional properties of the frontal motor cortex among different primates and their communicative modalities indicates that the combination of the voluntary control of the gestural communication systems and of the vocal apparatus has been the critical factor in the transition from a gestural-based communication into a predominantly speech-based system. Finally, considering that the .... https://bioling.psychopen.eu/index.php/bioling/article/view/8923

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Cortical Motor Organization, Mirror Neurons, and Embodied Language: An Evolutionary Perspective ; volume:6 ; number:3-4 ; day:28 ; month:11 ; year:2012 ; Biolinguistics ; 6, Heft 3-4 (28.11.2012)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Fogassi, Leonardo ; Ferrari, Pier Francesco

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/bioling.8923
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022110709165390347671
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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