The basal ganglia within a cognitive system in birds and mammals. Issue 6 (17th December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Petkov, Christopher I.; Jarvis, Erich D.
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 37:Issue 6(2014)
• Page Start: 568
• Page End: 569
• Publication Date: 2014-12-17
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X13004160
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>The primate basal ganglia are fundamental to Ackermann et al.'s proposal. However, primates and rodents are models for human cognitive functions involving basal ganglia circuits, and links between striatal function and vocal communication come from songbirds. We suggest that the proposal is better integrated in cognitive and/or motor theories on spoken language origins and with more analogous nonhuman animal models.</p> </abstract>