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Left Hemisphere Specialization for Oro-Facial Movements of Learned Vocal Signals By Captive Chimpanzees

Science & Tech  (tags: chimpanzee, brain, lateralization, speech, language, origin, culture, pan )

Francois
- 100 days ago - plosone.org
The left hemisphere of the human brain is dominant in the production of speech and signed language. Whether similar lateralization of function for communicative signal production is present in other primates remains a topic of considerable debate.
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