Science Bulletins: Language in the Brain

Why is it that humans can speak but chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, cannot? The human brain is uniquely wired to produce language. Untangling this wiring is a major frontier of brain research. Peer into the mental machinery behind language with this feature video, which visits a brain-scanning laboratory, Columbia Universitys Program for Imaging and Cognitive Sciences, or PICS. Columbia neuroscientist Joy Hirsch and New York University psychologist Gary Marcus explain what researchers have learned about how our brain tackles language—and whats left to learn.

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Science & Technology

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• brain
• language
• fMRI

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

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[gadionson1]

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[Vlaxitov]

These people are giving themselves way too much credit. They are only pretending to understand how the brain works beyond rough speculation. A society that everyone has a unique self aware concioussness makes language necissary and natural, not some amazing mystery. If a chimps brain was a basic calculator, a humans brain would be more than todays best supercomputer in comparison. Sick of hearing people call human intelligence chimps 2.0 as its a gross misrepresentation.