Words, gestures are translated by same brain regions, says new research
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 16:49
in Psychology & Sociology
Your ability to make sense of Groucho's words and Harpo's pantomimes in an old Marx Brothers movie takes place in the same regions of your brain, says new research funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health.
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