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Uniqueness in Human Brain’s Language Zone

April 4, 2008 Blog No Comments

Researchers have identified a language feature that they say is unique to the human brain and is shedding light on how human language evolved. Human brain cells have more complex interconnections in and around brain areas linked to language, the scientists explain. The study marks the first use of diffusion tensor imaging, a non-invasive imaging technique, to compare human brain structures to those of chimpanzees, our closest living relative.