Robin Allott (RMAllott at percep.demon.co.uk) wrote on 03 Jul 1998:
> Recent work of Rizzolatti, Arbib and Gallese at the University
> of Parma, the discovery of mirror neurons in the premotor cortex,
> has suggested how directly gesture and language could be related
> in the evolution and functioning of the brain. See 'Language
> within our grasp' [Trends in Neuroscience 1998 May;21(5):188-194
> Rizzolatti and Arbib]. [...]
> [...] Along with MRI and PET scanning studies of brain language
> functions, this work lends new support to the motor theory of
> language origin and development based on the close integration
> in the brain of motor control, visual perception and articulation.
> [...] http://www.percep.demon.co.uk/gesture.htm> [...] http://www.percep.demon.co.uk/mappfol.htm
The standard (by default) model of the Unified Theory of Cognition
http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/ for language function in the brain
began with a VMHTS (Verbal Motor Habit Tagging System) but moved
for theoretical purposes to a Chomskyan architecture of concepts:
<PRE>
Hearing Vision Concepts Volition Emotion Motor Output
/iiiiiii\ /!i!i!i!\ /YYYYYYYYYYYY\
| ||||||| || ||||||| | T | |||||||||||| |
| ||||||| || | ___ | | + | |||||||||||| |
| ||||||| || /old\ | + | |S|||||||||| |
| ||||||| || (image)-|---+_ | |H|||||||||| |
| ||||||| || \___/ | / \ | |A|||||||||| |
| ||||||| || | (idea) __ | |K|||||||||| |
| | ||||| || | \__/---------------/ \ | |E|||R|||||| |
| |d------||---------|---+ ____ (fear)-|--*|||U|||||| |
| ||||o|| || _____ | +-------/ \----\__/ | |||||N|||P|| |
| ||g|||| || / re- \-|---+ / de- \---------|------*|||E|| |
| || |||| ||/entrant\| + ( ci- ) | |||||||||T|| |
| ||||||| ||\ image /| + \ sion /---------|----------*|| |
| ||||||| || \_____/ | + \____/ | |||||||||||| |
</PRE>