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Something extraordinary and magical about human language. >> she's a cognitive neuroscientist. she's dedicated her life's work to understanding language. it all started with a chimpanzee named nim. >> they said that the reason that makes us different is that we talk. and animals can't talk. well, i thought that was so strange because if you see me working with the chimpanzee, there's something that's very striking. i wasn't trying to teach him how to talk english, i was trying to teach him american sign language. and so that really was the beginning of my question. how is it that we are differ...

To understanding language. it all started with the chimpanzee named nim. >> they said that the reason that makes ussen different is that we talk and animals can't talk. well, i thought that was so strange because if you see me working with the chimpanzee there's something that's very striking. i wasn't trying to teach him how to talk english. i was trying to teach him american sign language. so that really was beginning of my question, how is it that we are different? >> pettito has spent four decades asking and answering questions about speech and language. today she runs the brain and langua...