Researchers identify language feature unique to human brain
March 23, 2008 | Source: KurzweilAI
Emory University researchers used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a type of MRI that shows images of nerve fibers, to identify a language feature unique to the human brain.
The researchers compared the arcuate fasciculus, a pathway that connects brain regions known to be involved in language in humans, rhesus macaques and chimpanzees. The human arcuate fasiculus was much larger and more widespread.
