• DOI:10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01251-4
Corpus ID: 12867585

Language Acquisition: Do as You Hear

@article{Thoret2002LanguageAD,
  title={Language Acquisition: Do as You Hear},
  author={H. Th{\'e}oret and A. Pascual-Leone},
  journal={Current Biology},
  year={2002},
  volume={12},
  pages={R736-R737}
}

H. Théoret, A. Pascual-Leone

Published 2002

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Current Biology

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It is not uncommon to recognize a specific action by the sound it creates. Neurons have been discovered in monkey premotor cortex that may contribute to this ability; they respond to both performing an action and hearing its action-related sound, and may be critical for communicating with others, learning gestures and even acquiring language.