Long arcuate fascicle in wild and captive chimpanzees as a potential structural precursor of the language network

Long arcuate fascicle in wild and captive chimpanzees as a potential structural precursor of the language network

Abstract The arcuate fascicle (AF) is the main fibre tract in the brain for human language. It connects frontal and temporal language areas in the superior and middle temporal gyrus (MTG). The AF’s connection to the MTG was considered unique to humans and has influenced theories of the evolution of...

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Main Authors: Yannick Becker, Cornelius Eichner, Michael Paquette, Christian Bock, Cédric Girard-Buttoz, Carsten Jäger, Tobias Gräßle, Tobias Deschner, EBC Consortium, Philipp Gunz, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford, Angela D. Friederici, Alfred Anwander
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59254-8
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