Genomic Imprinting As a Window into Human Language Evolution
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DOI: 10.1002/bies.201800212
Abstract: Humans spend large portions of their time and energy talking to one another, yet it remains unclear whether this activity is primarily selfish or altruistic. Here, it is shown how parent‐of‐origin specific gene expression—or “genomic… read more here.
Keywords: human language; genomic imprinting; imprinting window; window human ... See more keywords
What animals can teach us about human language: the phonological continuity hypothesis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.01.014
Abstract: Progress in linking between the disparate levels of cognitive description and neural implementation requires explicit, testable, computationally based hypotheses. One such hypothesis is the dendrophilia hypothesis, which suggests that human syntactic abilities rely on our… read more here.
Keywords: human language; animals teach; language phonological; phonology ... See more keywords
Why only us: Recent questions and answers
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2016.12.002
Abstract: Abstract From its modern origin over sixty years ago, generative grammar has attempted to characterize the human “faculty of language” as an evolvable trait–a particular phenotype . This phenotype has a species-specific genetic basis, what… read more here.
Keywords: phenotype; language faculty; human language; faculty ... See more keywords
Editorial: The beginning of the human language story
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2017.05.001
Abstract: Half a century ago, Eric Lenneberg (1967) wrote “The Biological Foundations of Language” and Noam Chomsky (1968) “Language and Mind”. Both pioneered from different perspectives research on the neurobiological and cognitive underpinning of the human… read more here.
Keywords: capacity language; human language; biological capacity; modern humans ... See more keywords
Comparing human and chimpanzee temporal lobe neuroanatomy reveals modifications to human language hubs beyond the frontotemporal arcuate fasciculus
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2118295119
Abstract: Significance Communication through language is a great achievement of evolution. In humans, the arcuate fasciculus, white matter that extended dramatically during evolution, is known to subserve language. We investigated whether connections through critical language centers… read more here.
Keywords: temporal lobe; human language; language; arcuate fasciculus ... See more keywords
Are ape gestures like words? Outstanding issues in detecting similarities and differences between human language and ape gesture
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0301
Abstract: Opinion piece: ape gestures are made intentionally, inviting parallels with human language; but how similar are their gestures to words? Here we ask this in three ways, considering: flexibility and ambiguity, first- and second-order intentionality,… read more here.
Keywords: gesture; language; ape; ape gestures ... See more keywords
Human Language Explanation for a Decision Making Agent via Automated Rationale Generation
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3214323
Abstract: Advances in reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms have made them become increasingly capable in many tasks in recent years. However, the vast majority of RL algorithms are not readily interpretable off the shelf. Moreover, the task… read more here.
Keywords: language; language explanation; explanation decision; decision making ... See more keywords
Large Language Models Demonstrate the Potential of Statistical Learning in Language
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DOI: 10.1111/cogs.13256
Abstract: To what degree can language be acquired from linguistic input alone? This question has vexed scholars for millennia and is still a major focus of debate in the cognitive science of language. The complexity of… read more here.
Keywords: large language; language; learning; human language ... See more keywords
About the (semiotic) limits of the human language: Discussing the case of Pirahã
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DOI: 10.12697/sss.2018.46.2-3.12
Abstract: About the (semiotic) limits of the human language: Discussing the case of Pirahã read more here.
Keywords: semiotic limits; language discussing; human language; case pirah ... See more keywords