06 - How Do We Communicate?: Language in the Brain, Mouth and the Hands

Update: 2014-03-21

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One of the most uniquely human abilities is the capacity for creating and understanding language. This lecture introduces students to the major topics within the study of language: phonology, morphology, syntax and recursion. This lecture also describes theories of language acquisition, arguments for the specialization of language, and the commonalities observed in different languages across cultures.

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15 - A Person in the World of People: Morality

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14 - What Motivates Us: Sex

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13 - Why Are People Different?: Differences

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12 - Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Emotions, Part II

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11 - Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Emotions, Part I

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10 - Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Evolution and Rationality

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09 - Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Love

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08 - Conscious of the Present; Conscious of the Past: Vision and Memory (cont.)

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07 - Conscious of the Present; Conscious of the Past: Language (cont.); Vision and Memory

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06 - How Do We Communicate?: Language in the Brain, Mouth and the Hands

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05 - What Is It Like to Be a Baby: The Development of Thought

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04 - Foundations: Skinner

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03 - Foundations: Freud

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02 - Foundations: This is Your Brain

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01 - Introduction

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06 - How Do We Communicate?: Language in the Brain, Mouth and the Hands

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06 - How Do We Communicate?: Language in the Brain, Mouth and the Hands

Paul Bloom

06 - How Do We Communicate?: Language in the Brain, Mouth and the Hands