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Auditory object processing and primate biological evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2005

Barry Horwitz ,
Fatima T. Husain  and
Frank H. Guenther
Barry Horwitz*
Affiliation:
Brain Imaging and Modeling Section, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD20892http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/research/scientists/horwitzb.asp
Fatima T. Husain*
Affiliation:
Brain Imaging and Modeling Section, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD20892http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/research/scientists/horwitzb.asp
Frank H. Guenther*
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University, Boston, MA02215http://www.cns.bu.edu/~guenther/
*
horwitz@helix.nih.gov
husainf@nidcd.nih.gov
guenther@cns.bu.edu
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Abstract:

This commentary focuses on the importance of auditory object processing for producing and comprehending human language, the relative lack of development of this capability in nonhuman primates, and the consequent need for hominid neurobiological evolution to enhance this capability in making the transition from protosign to protospeech to language.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 134
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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