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- February 18, 2008
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The Language Gene
by The Ethical Atheist in The Ethical Atheist
Okay, I lied. There is no such thing as "the language gene." Language is the cumulative corollary of a multitude of genes.A gene known as FoxP2, however, plays a very important role in the development of language. Mutations in this gene are associated with a condition known as developmental verbal dysparxia (DVD), a condition which causes deficits in both the expressive and receptive aspects of language. DVD patients have structural and functional abnormalities in the striatum of the basal ganglia (a region in the brain), which expresses high levels of FoxP2.... Read more »
Sebastian Haesler, Christelle Rochefort, Benjamin Georgi, Pawel Licznerski, Pavel Osten, & Constance Scharff. (2007) Incomplete and Inaccurate Vocal Imitation after Knockdown of FoxP2 in Songbird Basal Ganglia Nucleus Area X. PLoS Biology, 5(12). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050321
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