Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain 

In this lecture, Steven Pinker, renowned linguist and Harvard Psychology Professor, discusses linguistics as a window to understanding the human brain. How is it that human beings have come to acquire language? Steven Pinker’s introduction to the field includes thoughts on the evolution of spoken language, the debate over the existence of an innate universal … Continue reading Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain