BBS Supplemental Commentary


Below are links to the 15 supplemental commentaries on the target article, "From monkey-like action recognition to human language: An evolutionary framework for neurolinguistics" by Michael A. Arbib.


Author's Electronic Response to the 15 Supplemental Commentaries: Supplemental Electronic Response



A deeper semantic role for the mirror system
Yoonsuck Choe

Semantic abilities evolved as well
Jean-Louis Dessalles and Laleh Ghadakpour

Towards a functional neurophysiology of argument structure mapping
Peter Ford Dominey

Two ways of differing about actions and objects
James R. Hurford

Linguistic skills and motor skills
Masao Ito

Against innate grammatical categories
David Kemmerer

Understanding others: Possible links among parity, mirror neurons, and communication
Takaki Makino, Kotaro Hirayama, and Kazuyuki Aihara

The first dialogue: 'conversation' through imitation with newborn infants
Emese Nagy

The fractionation of miracles
Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini and Thomas G. Bever

Mirror, mirror, in the brain: (Why, are, if, is, how, could, what, etc. … )?
Fred H. Previc

From babbling to echo neurons and unsolved questions of syntax
Friedemann Pulvermüller

Are non-speech vocalizations direct predecessors of human speech?
Andreas Rogalewski, Andreas Jansen, Ann-Freya Foerster, Stefan Knecht, and Caterina Breitenstein

Meaning as social norm
Martin Ruchsow

The “complex first” paradox: What’s needed to lexicalize neurally distributed meanings?
Markus Werning

Assisted imitation: Linking action sequences, communication, and the emergence of language
Patricia Zukow-Goldring