Communication

One of the most distinctive capabilities of humans, that sets us apart from all other animals, is our ability to communicate with each other using spoken language. To understand how language operates in the human brain, and how it evolved, requires a multidisciptlinary approach from neuroscience, psychology, linguistic, comparative biology, and computational theory. Many lectures at BCBT have addressed to nature and origins of language. Here we have featured Friedemann Pulvermuller's talk on the origins of linguistic meaning in perception and action, Gary Marcus on the evolution of human language, and Asif Ghazanfar on protoliiguistic vocal co-operativity in monkeys.