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The ability to use a sophisticated language system is one of the key traits that sets humans apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. For over two centuries, scientists have studied in earnest how the human brain is organised to accomplish language. It would be fair to say that there is still a lot of work to do, but it is also fair to say that it is an exciting time to be studying the neurobiology of language. This is because the field is currently experiencing a paradigm-shift — that is, the leading model of language neurobiology is being revisited, and new theories are being proposed.
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