The Origin of Man, Language and Languages (OMLL)
European Science Foundation Eurocores Programme

 

Workshop:
"Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Human Communication
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Barbujani (Ferrara,OMLL): How are genomic and linguistic changes related?

Fisher (Oxford): Language and FoxP2 gene

von Hofsten (Uppsala): Goals and predictivity in infants

Pallier (Paris): The critical period for language acquisition

Rizzolatti (Parma, OMLL): Mirror neurons and the evolution of language

Slocombe (St. Andrews, OMLL): Communication in primates

Nadel (Paris): Imitation in infants

Gergely (Budapest): What do infants imitate?

Mehler (Trieste, OMLL): Language in newborns?

Hari (Helsinki): The role of the inferior frontal gyrus in imitation and communication

Wolfensteller (Leipzig): Cognitive functions of human premotor cortex

Fadiga (Ferrara, OMLL): The mirror-neuron system in humans

Muysken and Veenstra (Leiden/Berlin): Creolization

De Knijff (Leiden, OMLL): The Himalayan paradigm

Amunts (Juelich): Human language cortical areas

Visalberghi (Rome): Imitation in monkeys?

Goldin Meadow (Chicago): Non verbal communication

Volterra (Rome, OMLL): Actions, gestures and words in infancy: old and new evidence

Nespor (Ferrara, OMLL): Differential acquisition of lexicon and grammar

Savage-Rumbaugh (Atlanta): Do other animals speak?