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[Human language and the immaturity of the human brain at birth]
Bulletin De L'Academie Nationale De Medecine
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
Language does not exist because of a specific structure in the human brain. It uses actually specialized areas dedicated to other functions such hearing and oro-pharyngo-laryngeal motricity. Language needs a long apprenticeship which is possible because the human brain is able to learn. This ability to learn is probably due to a "brain immaturity" at birth. This immaturity may be interpreted as the consequence of an "interruption" of the gestation period.