Citation

Aitken KJ. Behav. Brain Sci. 2013; 36(4): 347-348.

Affiliation

Psychology Department, Hillside School, Aberdour, Fife KY3 0RH, Scotland. drken.aitken@btinternet.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S0140525X12002488

PMID

23789622

Abstract

Knowledge of the complexity of human communication comes from three main sources - (i) studies of the linguistics and neuropsychology of dysfunction after brain injury; (ii) studies of the development of social communication in infancy, and its dysfunction in developmental psychopathologies; and (iii) the evolutionary history of human communicative interaction. Together, these suggest the need for a broad, integrated theory of communication of which language forms a small but critical component.

Language: en