{"product_id":"human-language-and-our-reptilian-brain-the-subcortical-bases-of-speech-syntax-and-thought-perspectives-in-cognitive-neuroscience-067400793x","title":"Human Language and Our Reptilian Brain: The Subcortical Bases of Speech, Syntax, and Thought (Perspectives in Cognitive Neuroscience)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 067400793X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lieberman, Philip\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is an entry into the fierce current debate among psycholinguists, neuroscientists, and evolutionary theorists about the nature and origins of human language. A prominent neuroscientist here takes up the Darwinian case, using data seldom considered by psycholinguists and neurolinguists to argue that human language--though more sophisticated than all other forms of animal communication--is not a qualitatively different ability from all forms of animal communication, does not require a quantum evolutionary leap to explain it, and is not unified in a single \"language instinct.\"Using clinical evidence from speech-impaired patients, functional neuroimaging, and evolutionary biology to make his case, Philip Lieberman contends that human language is not a single separate module but a functional neurological system made up of many separate abilities. Language remains as it began, Lieberman argues: a device for coping with the world. But in a blow to human narcissism, he makes the case that this most remarkable human ability is a by-product of our remote reptilian ancestors' abilities to dodge hazards, seize opportunities, and live to see another day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51959557030176,"sku":"NEW067400793X","price":55.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/human-language-and-our-reptilian-brain-the-subcortical-bases-of-speech-syntax-and-thought-perspectives-in-cognitive-neuroscience-067400793x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}