title: Language abilities of motor cortex.
abstract: A new exploration of the cortical network underlying our language abilities by Hauk et al., in this issue of Neuron, shows that the process of giving meaning to words differentially activates the motor cortex according to the semantic category of the word.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Fisiologia Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de Lafuente
authors.forename: Ranulfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Romo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology; D012660:Semantics; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology