NDLI: Neural systems supporting linguistic structure, linguistic experience, and symbolic communication in sign language and gesture

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Newman, Aaron J. Supalla, Ted Fernandez, Nina Newport, Elissa L. Bavelier, Daphne
Abstract	Although sign languages and nonlinguistic gesture use the same modalities, only sign languages have established vocabularies and follow grammatical principles. This is the first study (to our knowledge) to ask how the brain systems engaged by sign language differ from those used for nonlinguistic gesture matched in content, using appropriate visual controls. Signers engaged classic left-lateralized language centers when viewing both sign language and gesture; nonsigners showed activation only in areas attuned to human movement, indicating that sign language experience influences gesture perception. In signers, sign language activated left hemisphere language areas more strongly than gestural sequences. Thus, sign language constructions—even those similar to gesture—engage language-related brain systems and are not processed in the same ways that nonsigners interpret gesture.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1510527112
Ending Page	11689
Page Count	6
Starting Page	11684
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00278424
e-ISSN	10916490
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Issue Number	37
Volume Number	112
Language	English
Publisher	National Academy of Sciences
Publisher Date	2015-09-15
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	National Academy of Sciences
Subject Keyword	General Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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