In the view of Kimura and others, much of the cortex devoted to language production in the left hemisphere probably evolved as elaborations of:
A) parietal lobe circuits involved with location of visual stimuli.
B) premotor cortex circuits involved in face and hand gestures.
C) orbital cortex circuits involved with categorization.
D) memory circuits in the temporal lobe.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Kimura and others suggest that language production in the left hemisphere evolved from the premotor cortex circuits involved in face and hand gestures. This is known as the gesture-to-language hypothesis, which posits that language evolved from manual gestures.

In the View of Kimura and Others, Much of the Cortex