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Neuroanatomical structures and segregated circuits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Philip Lieberman
Affiliation:
Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rl 02912-1978. lieberman@cogvax.cog.brown.edu

Abstract

Segregated neural circuits that effect particular domain-specific behaviors can be differentiated from neuroanatomical structures implicated in many different aspects of behavior. The basal ganglionic components of circuits regulating nonlinguistic motor behavior, speech, and syntax all function in a similar manner. Hence, it is unlikely that special properties and evolutionary mechanisms are associated with the neural bases of human language.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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