Language and the Mind. Episode 6, How the Brain Created Language
(2020)
Nonfiction
eCourse
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2020
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
11736448
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
Did the human brain evolve a specialized "mental organ" designed for language? Or was language a product of cultural evolution? Examine our relationship to the human microbiome as an analogy. We aren't born with the bacteria in our microbiome, but our biology is extraordinarily receptive to them. And once combined, the relationship transforms us and our abilities, very similar to language
Film
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Spencer D. Kelly
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2020
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English