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On the antiquity of language: the reinterpretation of Neandertal linguistic capacities and its consequences

Frontiers in Psychology, 2013
It is usually assumed that modern language is a recent phenomenon, coinciding with the emergence of modern humans themselves. Many assume as well that this is the result of a single, sudden mutation giving rise to the full modern package.
Dan eDediu, Stephen C Levinson
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What do verbal fluency tasks measure? Predictors of verbal fluency performance in older adults

Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
The study examined the contributions of verbal ability and executive control to verbal fluency performance in older adults (n=82). Verbal fluency was assessed in letter and category fluency tasks, and performance on these tasks was related to indicators ...
Zeshu eShao, Esther eJanse, Esther eJanse, Esther eJanse, Karina eVisser, Antje eMeyer, Antje eMeyer   +6 more
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No metaphorical timeline in gesture and cognition among Yucatec Mayas

Frontiers in Psychology, 2012
In numerous languages, space provides a productive domain for the expression of time. This paper examines how time-to-space mapping is realized in Yucatec Maya. At the linguistic level, Yucatec Maya has numerous resources to express deictic time, whereas
Olivier eLe Guen, Olivier eLe Guen, Lorena Ildefonsa Pool Balam   +2 more
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15-month-old infants fast map words but not representational gestures of multimodal labels

Frontiers in Psychology, 2012
This study investigated whether 15-month-old infants fast map multimodal labels, and, when given the choice of two modalities, whether they preferentially fast map one better than the other.
Daniel ePuccini, Ulf eLiszkowski, Ulf eLiszkowski   +2 more
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Eyebrow movements as signals of communicative problems in human face-to-face interaction

Royal Society Open Science
Repair is a core building block of human communication, allowing us to address problems of understanding in conversation. Past research has uncovered the basic mechanisms by which interactants signal and solve such problems.
Paul Hömke, Stephen C. Levinson, Alexandra K. Emmendorfer, Judith Holler   +3 more
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Early developmental changes in the timing of turn-taking: A longitudinal study of mother-infant interaction

Frontiers in Psychology, 2015
To accomplish a smooth transition in conversation from one speaker to the next, a tight coordination of interaction between speakers is required. Recent studies of adult conversation suggest that this close timing of interaction may well be a universal ...
Elma eHilbrink, Merideth eGattis, Stephen C. Levinson   +2 more
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Imaging genetics of language network functional connectivity reveals links with language-related abilities, dyslexia and handedness

Communications Biology
Language is supported by a distributed network of brain regions with a particular contribution from the left hemisphere. A multi-level understanding of this network requires studying its genetic architecture.
Jitse S. Amelink, Merel C. Postema, Xiang-Zhen Kong, Dick Schijven, Amaia Carrión-Castillo, Sourena Soheili-Nezhad, Zhiqiang Sha, Barbara Molz, Marc Joliot, Simon E. Fisher, Clyde Francks   +10 more
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Iconicity in the lab: a review of behavioural, developmental, and neuroimaging research into sound-symbolism.

Frontiers in Psychology, 2015
This review covers experimental approaches to sound-symbolism — from infants to adults, and from Sapir's foundational studies to 21st century product naming.
Gwilym eLockwood, Mark eDingemanse
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Unaddressed participants’ gaze in multi-person interaction: optimizing recipiency

Frontiers in Psychology, 2015
One of the most intriguing aspects of human communication is its turn-taking system. It requires the ability to process on-going turns at talk while planning the next, and to launch this next turn without considerable overlap or delay.
Judith eHoller, Kobin H. Kendrick
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Can You Hear What’s Coming? Failure to Replicate ERP Evidence for Phonological Prediction

Neurobiology of Language, 2022
Prediction-based theories of language comprehension assume that listeners predict both the meaning and phonological form of likely upcoming words. In alleged event-related potential (ERP) demonstrations of phonological prediction, prediction-mismatching ...
Victoria R. Poulton, Mante S. Nieuwland
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