Broca's area and the origins of human vocal skill.

Journal article

Abstract:: Chimpanzees appear to be unable to learn to speak. It is usual to attribute their lack of vocal skill to limitations of their vocal tract, and to the absence in their neocortex of any area corresponding to Broca's area in the human brain. The first signs of Broca's area in hominid endocasts are therefore taken to represent an evolutionary development of great significance. There are two outstanding questions. First, what exactly does Broca's area do? Secondly, why does Broca's area in one hem...
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University of Oxford

Division:

MSD

Department:

Experimental Psychology

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Author

Journal:: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences More from this journal
Volume:: 292
Issue:: 1057
Pages:: 167-175
Publication date:: 1981-05-01
DOI:: 10.1098/rstb.1981.0025
EISSN:: 1471-2970
ISSN:: 0962-8436

Language:: English
Keywords:: Frontal Lobe

Humans

Vocalization, Animal

Biological Evolution

Birds

Pan troglodytes

Haplorhini

Vocal Cords

Dominance, Cerebral

Movement

Motor Cortex

Animals

Speech
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Source identifiers:: 26177
Deposit date:: 2013-11-17

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