Re: Fw: Intro to natural language processing
Although this to sympathetic kinesics phenomenon may apply to the aspects
of language such as mimicing speaking or learning lip reading, be cautious
about extrapolating this brain function to intellectual or emotional
aspects.
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From: "Rich Cooper" <richcooper@mindspring.com>
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Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Intro to natural language processing
> Based on the following article
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4113891.stm
> it appears that learning in the mirror neurons changes
> the way we watch other people move. Since dance
> is an emotional form of communication, probably
> there is a similar effect in language. The more we
> know a language through experience, the better we
> are at hearing others speak it or reading written forms
> of the language.
>
> JMHO,
> Rich
>
>