Action to language via the mirror neuron system / edited by Michael A. Arbib.

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Arbib, Michael A

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 552 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511245947
9780511245947
9780511246630
0511246633
0511242980
9780511242984
0511250940
9780511250941
0511541597
9780511541599
9786610703340
6610703345
9780521182683
0521182689

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Action to language via the mirror neuron system.DDC classification:

401.9 22

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P37 .A38 2006eb

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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?

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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.

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?

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