Gestures Processed in Brain's Language Center

[Francis Hult]

US News & World Report

 

Gestures Processed in Brain's Language Center

 

Words and gestures are processed in the same areas of the brain, a finding that may improve understanding of the evolution of language, researchers say.

 

In the study, MRI was used to monitor the brain activity of 20 volunteers as they watched video clips of a person either acting out gestures or voicing phrases that matched the gestures' meanings. Both the gestures and words triggered high levels of activity in the inferior frontal and posterior temporal areas, which are the language regions of the brain.

 

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