Language acquisition: do as you hear.
It is not uncommon to recognize a specific action by the sound it creates. Neurons have been discovered in monkey premotor cortex that may contribute to this ability; they respond to both performing an action and hearing its action-related sound, and may be critical for communicating with others, learning gestures and even acquiring language.
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Hugo
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Laboratory for Magnetic Brain Stimulation, Behavioral Neurology Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, KS-454, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Pascual-Leone
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D000818:Animals; D000882:Haplorhini / Q000502:physiology*; D007804:Language Development