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The mirror system hypothesis stands but the framework is much enriched

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2005

Michael A. Arbib*
Affiliation:
Computer Science Department, Neuroscience Program and USC Brain Project, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520 http://www-hbp.usc.edu/
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Challenges for extending the mirror system hypothesis include mechanisms supporting planning, conversation, motivation, theory of mind, and prosody. Modeling remains relevant. Co-speech gestures show how manual gesture and speech intertwine, but more attention is needed to the auditory system and phonology. The holophrastic view of protolanguage is debated, along with semantics and the cultural basis of grammars. Anatomically separated regions may share an evolutionary history.

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