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THEORETICAL INTERESTS Prof. Deacon's theoretical interests include the study of evolution-like processes at multiple levels, including their role in Embryonic Development , neural signal processing, Language Change , and social processes, and focusing especially on how these different processes interact and depend on each other. He has long stated an interest in developing a scientific Semiotics that would contribute to both linguistic theory and Cognitive Neuroscience . FIELDS OF RESEARCH Deacon's research combines human evolutionary biology and neuroscience, with the aim of investigating the evolution of human cognition. His work extends from laboratory-based cellular-molecular neurobiology to the study of semiotic processes underlying animal and human Communication , especially Language and Language Origins . His neurobiological research is focused on determining the nature of the human divergence from typical primate brain Anatomy , the cellular-molecular mechanisms producing this difference, and the correlations between these anatomical differences and special human cognitive abilities, again, particularly language. He plans to focus his future research on isolating elements of the Developmental Genetic Mechanisms that distinguish the Human Brain s from other Primate Brain s, and attempting to study the cognitive consequences of human brain differences using In Vivo Brain Imaging . WORK His 1997 book, ''. |
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