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Globularity and language-readiness: generating new predictions by expanding the set of genes of interest
This study builds on the hypothesis put forth in Boeckx and Benítez-Burraco (2014), according to which the developmental changes expressed at the levels of brain morphology and neural connectivity that resulted in a more globular braincase in our species were crucial to understand the origins of our...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4243498/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25505436 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01324 |
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author | Boeckx, Cedric Benítez-Burraco, Antonio |
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description | This study builds on the hypothesis put forth in Boeckx and Benítez-Burraco (2014), according to which the developmental changes expressed at the levels of brain morphology and neural connectivity that resulted in a more globular braincase in our species were crucial to understand the origins of our language-ready brain. Specifically, this paper explores the links between two well-known ‘language-related’ genes like FOXP2 and ROBO1 implicated in vocal learning and the initial set of genes of interest put forth in Boeckx and Benítez-Burraco (2014), with RUNX2 as focal point. Relying on the existing literature, we uncover potential molecular links that could be of interest to future experimental inquiries into the biological foundations of language and the testing of our initial hypothesis. Our discussion could also be relevant for clinical linguistics and for the interpretation of results from paleogenomics. |
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spelling | pubmed-42434982014-12-10 Globularity and language-readiness: generating new predictions by expanding the set of genes of interest Boeckx, Cedric Benítez-Burraco, Antonio Front Psychol Psychology This study builds on the hypothesis put forth in Boeckx and Benítez-Burraco (2014), according to which the developmental changes expressed at the levels of brain morphology and neural connectivity that resulted in a more globular braincase in our species were crucial to understand the origins of our language-ready brain. Specifically, this paper explores the links between two well-known ‘language-related’ genes like FOXP2 and ROBO1 implicated in vocal learning and the initial set of genes of interest put forth in Boeckx and Benítez-Burraco (2014), with RUNX2 as focal point. Relying on the existing literature, we uncover potential molecular links that could be of interest to future experimental inquiries into the biological foundations of language and the testing of our initial hypothesis. Our discussion could also be relevant for clinical linguistics and for the interpretation of results from paleogenomics. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4243498/ /pubmed/25505436 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01324 Text en Copyright © 2014 Boeckx and Benítez-Burraco. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Boeckx, Cedric Benítez-Burraco, Antonio Globularity and language-readiness: generating new predictions by expanding the set of genes of interest |
title | Globularity and language-readiness: generating new predictions by expanding the set of genes of interest |
title_full | Globularity and language-readiness: generating new predictions by expanding the set of genes of interest |
title_fullStr | Globularity and language-readiness: generating new predictions by expanding the set of genes of interest |
title_full_unstemmed | Globularity and language-readiness: generating new predictions by expanding the set of genes of interest |
title_short | Globularity and language-readiness: generating new predictions by expanding the set of genes of interest |
title_sort | globularity and language-readiness: generating new predictions by expanding the set of genes of interest |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4243498/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25505436 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01324 |
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