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Science 16 January 2004:
Vol. 303. no. 5656, pp. 318 - 320
DOI: 10.1126/science.1093993
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Perspectives

PSYCHOLOGY:
Is Language the Key to Human Intelligence?

David Premack

What factors make humans unique? Spoken language? Recursion? In his Perspective, Premack uses a recent study showing that tamarin monkeys can acquire nonrecursive but not recursive grammar (Fitch et al.) as a springboard to discuss various aspects of human uniqueness.

The author is an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Somis, CA, USA. E-mail: dpremack{at}aol.com

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