Final Paper: BBS Paper Commentary
Due Saturday, May 13th, by 11:59pm - submit electronically.

Behavioral & Brain Sciences (BBS) is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to issues directly relevant to the topics we have covered in this course. An excerpt from their webpage:

BBS publishes important and controversial interdisciplinary "target articles" in psychology, neuroscience, behavioral biology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, linguistics and philosophy. Articles are rigorously refereed and, if accepted, are circulated to a large number of potential commentators around the world in the various specialties on which the article impinges. Their 1000-word commentaries are then co-published with the target article as well as the author's response to each. The commentaries consist of analyses, elaborations, complementary and supplementary data and theory, criticisms and cross-specialty syntheses.

For the final paper, you will choose one of a selection of BBS target articles. Your choices are:

Arbib, Michael A. (2005). From Monkey-like Action Recognition to Human Language: An Evolutionary Framework for Neurolinguistics. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (2): 105-124. [PDF]

Grush, Rick (2004). The emulation theory of representation: motor control, imagery, and perception. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27:377-396. [PDF]

Jackendoff, Ray (2003). Precis of: Foundations of Language: Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 26 (6):651-665. [PDF]


Your task:

Based on what you have learned in the class, write a 4- to 6-page (1000 words max) paper in the style of a BBS commentary that critically examines your chosen article.

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