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Kniga predstavlyaet soboj seriyu issledovanij avtora, nachavshichsya s sensornoj fiziologii i postepenno pereshedshich v oblast′ nejronauk, lingvistiki, psichologii, iskusstvennogo intellekta, semiotiki i filosofii – teper′ vsyo eto nazyvaetsya kognitivnymi issledovaniyami i predstavlyaet soboj primer konvergentnogo i transdisciplinarogo razvitiya nauki. Ischodnaya gipoteza sovpadaet s nazvaniem odnogo iz razdelov knigi – yazyk kak interfejs mezhdu mozgom, soznaniem i mirom, i eto otrazhaet poziciyu avtora i ego vzglyad na evolyuciyu i prirodu verbal′nogo yazyka i drugich vysshich funkcij, ich filo- i ontogenez, na geneticheskie i kross-kul′turnye aspekty razvitiya soznaniya i yazyka i ich mozgovych korrelyatov, na vozmozhnosti mezhvidovoj kommunikacii i modelirovaniya chelovecheskich kognitivnych processov. Kniga rasschitana na intellektual′nogo chitatelya, interesuyushhegosya prirodoj cheloveka i ego mestom v mire.This series of authors research aims to shed more light on the biological foundations of human cognitive abilities – primarily on language and mind. Starting from sensory physiology it gradually moved to neuroscience, linguistics, psychology, artificial intelligence, semiotics and philosophy – all these currently forming cognitive studies and represent convergent trans-disciplinary trend inmodern science. The main idea of the book concurs with one of the chapters title – language is an interface between brain, mind and the world. It depicts authors position and understanding of language evolution and development, its phylo- and ontogeny, genetic and cross-cultural basis of mind and language and their brain correlates. Accordingly, is also discusses possible cross-species communication and modeling human cognition. The book will appeal to scholars and students and to intellectual readers interested in specificity of humans and their position in the world.3-e izdanie
