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Musical protolanguage hypothesis - support from congenital amusia.

Musical protolanguage hypothesis - support from congenital amusia. | Science News | Scoop.it
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Sensitivity to emotion in speech prosody derives from our capacity to process music, supporting the idea of an evolutionary link between musical and language domains in the brain.

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Language is shaped by brain's desire for clarity and ease

Language is shaped by brain's desire for clarity and ease | Science News | Scoop.it

Cognitive scientists have good news for linguistic purists terrified about the corruption of their mother tongue.Using an artificial language in a carefully controlled laboratory experiment, a team from the University of Rochester and Georgetown University has found that many changes to language are simply the brain's way of ensuring that communication is as precise and concise as possible.

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