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A zetetic's perspective on gesture, speech, and the evolution of right-handedness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2003

Amir Raz  and
Opher Donchin
Amir Raz*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital – Westchester Division, White Plains, NY10605
Opher Donchin*
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD21205
*
amr2006@med.cornell.edu
opher@bme.jhu.edu
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Abstract:

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Charmed by Corballis's presentation, we challenge the use of mirror neurons as a supporting platform for the gestural theory of language, the link between vocalization and cerebral specialization, and the relationship between gesture and language as two separate albeit coupled systems of communication. We revive an alternative explanation of lateralization of language and handedness.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 237 - 238
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003