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Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: Co-Evolution of Language & Brain”, PART THREE (3).

Here I present: Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language & Brain”, PART THREE (3). INTRODUCTION. Reading is under-represented by Terrance Deacon in his book.  This blog post adds some things that general readers often discuss when considering reading. The fusiform gyrus is anatomically the structure for function of  reading.  Fusiform gyrus is also called Brodmann … Continue reading Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: Co-Evolution of Language & Brain”, PART THREE (3).

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Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain”, 1997, PART TWO (II).

  Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and Brain”, 1997 was the topic of an earlier blog post,   Here I present: Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and Brain”, 1997, PART TWO (II). COMMENTS. Reading is under represented in Terrance Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language … Continue reading Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain”, 1997, PART TWO (II).

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Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain”, 1997.

The book published in 1997 on symbolic thinking was on neural linguistics. The language areas of brain: are the expression, Broca Area and the receptive Wernicke Area. The “Arcuate Fasciculus” is a nerve fiber bundle connection from Broca to  Wernicke areas. The use of symbols and symbolic thinking in neurology is Deacon’s subject. Continue reading Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain”, 1997.