Words and rules in the human brain
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It is possible that different parts of the brain are involved to different extents when people process regular and irregular inflections of verbs. This assertion is based on the finding that people with agrammatic aphasia find it harder to inflect regular and novel verbs than irregular verbs. However, people with anomic aphasia find it harder to inflect irregular verbs. Research using techniques based on functional magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography indicates that different regions of the brain are active for regular and irregular verbs.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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Survival of the clearest: There are now fossils to show how language evolved
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Evolutionary linguistics draws mixed reactions from scientists, and Nowak, Joshua Plotkin and Vincent Jansen have shown that language limitations can be overcome by communicators using compositional syntax.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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Talk of genetics and vice versa
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Issues concerning the genetic basis for speech are discussed. In particular the discovery of a gene that links brain circuitry to speech and language development is examined.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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