Dorsal and ventral streams in the evolution of the language-ready brain: Linking language to the world

Many studies in neurolinguistics focus on the dorsal and ventral streams of the auditory system in language comprehension, but few address the production of language (whether spoken or signed). Moreover, almost no neurolinguistic studies addresses how language use is situated with respect to our perception of and action in the world around us, functions which depend (in part) on the dorsal and ventral streams of the visual system. The aim of...