Leonardo Fogassi
List of John Benjamins publications for which Leonardo Fogassi plays a role.
Articles
2009 Mirror neurons, gestures and language evolution Vocalize to Localize, Abry, Christian, Anne Vilain and Jean-Luc Schwartz (eds.), pp. 29–46 | Article
2005 Mirror neurons, gestures and language evolution Vocalize to Localize, Abry, Christian, Anne Vilain and Jean-Luc Schwartz (eds.), pp. 345–363 | Article
Different theories have been proposed for explaining the evolution of language. One of this maintains that gestural communication has been the precursor of human speech. Here we present a series of neurophysiological evidences that support this hypothesis. Communication by gestures, defined as the… read more
2002 The neural correlates of action understanding in non-human primates Mirror Neurons and the Evolution of Brain and Language, Stamenov, Maxim I. and Vittorio Gallese (eds.), pp. 13–35 | Article