New study pinpoints areas of the brain used exclusively for language, providing a partial answer to a longstanding debate in cognitive science.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2011. New research from MIT suggests that there are parts of our brain dedicated to language and only language, a finding that marks a major advance in the search for brain regions specialized for sophisticated mental functions.
Functional specificity, as it’s known to cognitive scientists, refers to the idea that…
