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inauthor:"Michael C. Corballis" from books.google.com
While this is admittedly a provocative work, the author has marshaled considerable evidence in support of his thesis. Indeed, he has done all of us a great service by raising the level of discussion surrounding this controversial topic.
inauthor:"Michael C. Corballis" from books.google.com
In this compelling book, Michael Corballis argues that what distinguishes us in the animal kingdom is our capacity for recursion: the ability to embed our thoughts within other thoughts.
inauthor:"Michael C. Corballis" from books.google.com
But as Michael C. Corballis shows in The Truth about Language, it’s time to reconsider those assumptions.
inauthor:"Michael C. Corballis" from books.google.com
Drawing on the latest research from cognitive science and evolutionary biology, Corballis [posits that] mind-wandering not only frees us from moment-to-moment drudgery, but also from the limitations of our immediate selves"--Amazon.com.
inauthor:"Michael C. Corballis" from books.google.com
If you’ve ever wondered why your dog can remember where it buried its bone but you can’t find your keys, or whether it’s true that we use only ten percent of our brainpower, this concise book offers some answers—and introduces us to ...
inauthor:"Michael C. Corballis" from books.google.com
He goes on to look at the structure of language, following the work of Noam Chomsky and others, showing how grammar allows us to create an infinite variety of messages.
inauthor:"Michael C. Corballis" from books.google.com
This book is organized into nine chapters and begins with an overview of the development of knowledge and ideas about laterality over t .
inauthor:"Michael C. Corballis" from books.google.com
Corballis elabora una teoria completa sul modo in cui il linguaggio si è evoluto da sistema gestuale a parola.