| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 552 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Two perspectives -- Brain, evolution, and comparative analysis -- Dynamic systems in action and language -- From mirror system to syntax and Theory of Mind -- Development of action and language. |
| Summary |
Mirror neurons may hold the brain's key to social interaction - each coding not only a particular action or emotion but also the recognition of that action or emotion in others. The Mirror System Hypothesis adds an evolutionary arrow to the story - from the mirror system for hand actions, shared with monkeys and chimpanzees, to the uniquely human mirror system for language. In this accessible volume, experts from child development, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, primatology and robotics present and analyse the mirror system and show how studies of action and language can illuminate each other. Topics discussed in the fifteen chapters include: what do chimpanzees and humans have in common? Does the human capability for language rest on brain mechanisms shared with other animals? How do human infants acquire language? What can be learned from imaging the human brain? How are sign- and spoken-language related? Will robots learn to act and speak like humans? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Psycholinguistics.
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Psycholinguistics. |
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Neural circuitry.
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Neural circuitry. |
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Language acquisition.
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Language acquisition. |
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Recognition (Psychology)
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Recognition (Psychology) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Arbib, Michael A.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Action to language via the mirror neuron system. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521847559 9780521847551 (OCoLC)65468229 |
| ISBN |
0511245947 (electronic book) |
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9780511245947 (electronic book) |
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9780511246630 (electronic book) |
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0511246633 (electronic book) |
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0511242980 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511242984 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511250940 (electronic book ; Mobipocket Reader) |
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9780511250941 (electronic book ; Mobipocket Reader) |
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0511541597 (electronic book) |
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9780511541599 (electronic book) |
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9786610703340 |
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6610703345 |
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0521847559 (Cloth) |
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0511244487 |
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9780521847551 (hardback) |
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