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Abnormal features of human self‐domestication in bipolar disorder by Benítez‐Burraco, Antonio, Hansen, Ethan

“…Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe mental condition characterized by episodes of elevated mood and depression. Being a heritable condition, it features a…”
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Human Self‐Domestication and the Evolution of Pragmatics by Benítez‐Burraco, Antonio, Ferretti, Francesco, Progovac, Ljiljana

“…As proposed for the emergence of modern languages, we argue that modern uses of languages (pragmatics) also evolved gradually in our species under the effects…”
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Toward an evolutionary account of the changes in the human pitch vocal system by Benítez-Burraco, Antonio

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Language in healthy and pathological ageing: Methodological milestones and challenges by Benítez‐Burraco, Antonio, Ivanova, Olga

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A comparison of basic color terms in Mandarin and Spanish by Xu, Mingshan, Zhu, Jingtao, Benítez‐Burraco, Antonio

“…Abstract Basic perceptual abilities are universal, and most people can distinguish between millions of distinct shades. However, languages differ in the set of…”
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Language deficits in schizophrenia and autism as related oscillatory connectomopathies: An evolutionary account by Murphy, Elliot, Benítez-Burraco, Antonio

“…•SZ and ASD display markedly similar oscillatory profiles with respect to their linguistic deficits.•These ‘oscillopathies’ are used to inform debates about…”
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From Physical Aggression to Verbal Behavior: Language Evolution and Self-Domestication Feedback Loop by Progovac, Ljiljana, Benítez-Burraco, Antonio

“…We propose that human self-domestication favored the emergence of a less aggressive phenotype in our species, more precisely phenotype prone to replace…”
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Why Brain Oscillations Are Improving Our Understanding of Language by Benítez-Burraco, Antonio, Murphy, Elliot

“…We explore the potential that brain oscillations have for improving our understanding of how language develops, is processed in the brain, and initially…”
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Playing with language, creating complexity: Has play contributed to the evolution of complex language? by Langley, Michelle C., Benítez‐Burraco, Antonio, Kempe, Vera

“…We argue that enhanced play may have contributed to the emergence of complex language systems in modern humans (Homo sapiens). To support this idea, we first…”
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Subcortical syntax: Reconsidering the neural dynamics of language by Murphy, Elliot, Hoshi, Koji, Benítez-Burraco, Antonio

“…Subcortical contributions to core linguistic computations pertaining to syntax-semantics remain drastically under-studied. We critique the cortico-centric…”
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Williams Syndrome, Human Self-Domestication, and Language Evolution by Niego, Amy, Benítez-Burraco, Antonio

“…Language evolution resulted from changes in our biology, behavior, and culture. One source of these changes might be human self-domestication. Williams…”
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Linguistic correlates of societal variation: A quantitative analysis by Chen, Sihan, Gil, David, Gaponov, Sergey, Reifegerste, Jana, Yuditha, Tessa, Tatarinova, Tatiana, Progovac, Ljiljana, Benítez-Burraco, Antonio

“…Traditionally, many researchers have supported a uniformitarian view whereby all languages are of roughly equal complexity, facilitated by internal trade-offs…”
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Editorial: The evolution of the brain hardware for language by Benítez-Burraco, Antonio, Zaccarella, Emiliano, Murphy, Elliot

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Fish as Model Systems to Study Epigenetic Drivers in Human Self-Domestication and Neurodevelopmental Cognitive Disorders by Anastasiadi, Dafni, Piferrer, Francesc, Wellenreuther, Maren, Benítez Burraco, Antonio

“…Modern humans exhibit phenotypic traits and molecular events shared with other domesticates that are thought to be by-products of selection for reduced…”
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The Emergence of Modern Languages: Has Human Self-Domestication Optimized Language Transmission? by Benítez-Burraco, Antonio, Kempe, Vera

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Toward the Language Oscillogenome by Murphy, Elliot, Benítez-Burraco, Antonio

“…Language has been argued to arise, both ontogenetically and phylogenetically, from specific patterns of brain wiring. We argue that it can further be shown…”
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Language Impairments in ASD Resulting from a Failed Domestication of the Human Brain by Benítez-Burraco, Antonio, Lattanzi, Wanda, Murphy, Elliot

“…Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are pervasive neurodevelopmental disorders entailing social and cognitive deficits, including marked problems with language…”
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Editorial: Reviews in language sciences by Benítez-Burraco, Antonio, Bova, Antonio, Spalding, Thomas L

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A philosophical analysis of the emergence of language by Tabatabaei Ghomi, Hamed, Benítez‐Burraco, Antonio

“…There is a research programme in linguistics that is founded on describing language as an emergent phenomenon. This paper clarifies how the core concept of…”
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Figurative Language, Language Disorders, and Language(s) Evolution by Benítez-Burraco, Antonio

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